so i decided to call in sick to work today so i could do some hard core job searching for a real grown-up job. you know...making connections, phone calls, emails, faxes....i was feeling weird about doing job-hunt calls at work. i feel that i have to be super sneaky about making the phone calls when i'm at work so that someone doesn't walk in while i'm going " can i have your fax number so i can send you my resume?" and then get all offended that i'm looking for a new job cuz mine is not so great and then--this is the worst part, tho' it's pretty certain that this will never happen--they would tell on me to my project manager. not that people actually tell on each other. anyway...making phone calls at work was way too stressful. so here's my point: i took the day off to job search but then some stupid group of terrorists decides to hijack planes and ram them into manhattan and the pentagon, sending panic to everyone in the u.s. (especially me), ultimately sending everyone in every major metropolitan area home from work. so much for making contacts. looks like i might have to stay home from work again tomorrow. do you think that work will be open tomorrow? hmm..

but i do have to say that i am so so so so so so so happy and grateful that all my friends in nyc are safe and sound and my prayers and my heart go out to all the victims and their families and friends. what a shock. for everyone, i mean. it's such a scary thing that we could have lost so many of our friends and that thousands of people are probably dead because of this and that the attacks didn't have to stop on the east coast. hopefully they're stopping.

it is a sad day.

it's really important to pray for everyone affected by this, and it's also really important to pray for the people who did this. i know it's so hard to pray for the people that hurt you, but they are the people that probably need the most prayers out of anyone.


p.s. big HAPPY (belated) BIRTHDAY to mr. porta for celebrating quarter-century!!!! my quarters go out to you... ;D