Last night, once the Michael Jackson funeral started, all my worked ended. I can honestly say that I didn't watch one second of the funeral. I of course woke up really early the morning of Princess Diana's funeral but Jacko's funeral would never even come close to comparison. The benefit of MJ's funeral was that my workflow immediately stopped on a dime the second that the funeral procession started moving. And for that moment, I can honestly say that I was thankful for Michael Jackson.
So that left me with a dilemma. Go to bed early (we had to be on the bus at 3:00a) or take another walk to Red Square in beautiful weather. I figured that I could sleep later and when else will I have this chance. I wanted to go by myself but my boss insisted that I take one or two of people with me. I tried to get two of my Becky Protective Detail from the Secret Service to go with me but they were very busy smoking cigars. So instead, I found two of my camera guys and the three of us started walking over the bridge to Red Square, which in total was about a five minute walk from my hotel. Well, as we were walking I noticed a guy sort of walking behind us. He was dressed in a suit and carried a briefcase. A perfectly normal looking Russian man. I stopped to turn around to take a picture of the hotel and I noticed that he kind of stopped too. This kept on happening all the way over the bridge and then all across Red Square. I mentioned it to the guys who started to notice this strange behavior. So we would intentionally walk way out of the way and stop to see if this guy would stop too. And for the next 30 minutes, I was completely stalked by this guy. When I went to a souvenir stand, he stopped too and just stared at me. It started freaking out my camera guys to the point that they wanted to go back to the hotel!! I thought they were wimps!! At one point, my friend Tony just ditched us! But in my mind, this guy was from the KGB and was somehow going to kidnap me and I would never be heard from again. So I decided to play it safe and cut short my souvenir shopping spree. I'm pretty disappointed because when I ended up going back a little later with my correspondent, all the souvenir stands were closed. I guess that just means that I will have to come back at a later date (company paid trip of course!)
Now I'm in L'Aquila, Italy for the next couple of days. Getting here was a little brutal. We had to be on the bus by 3a and I didn't go to bed until 1a (didn't get to sleep until about 1:30a local time). So I got an hour and half nap before leaving Moscow and then I took another hour and a half nap on the plane to Rome. Then we had to get on a bus for 2 hours. My original intention was to take yet another hour and a half nap and that would have gotten me 4.5 hours of sleep. However, the scenery going through the Italian countryside and mountains was incredibly beautiful. Literally breathtaking! Our caravan of buses wound through the mountains, literally through a couple of tunnels, and we were just surrounded by beauty. The sun was also streaming through the clouds so you could actually see the sun rays. It just so happened that on my iPod, a remake of the old hymn "This is My Father's World" popped up. It was so moving that I had to listen to the song at least three times. Eventually after about 90 minutes of the bus ride, my eyes decided they had had enough of being opened and I fell asleep for the last little bit. We're in a town that was devastated by a 5.8 earthquake in April. We're working in a tent (a very, very nice tent) and it's quite nice. At first, I thought the only bathroom option was a port-a-potty but once I found that there are real bathrooms, my attitude immediately changed. Then came time for food and I became a different person. The food is absolutely incredible. I had done a bad job eating in Russia but I think I'm going to be making up for lost time in Italy! I can't tell you what time it is or what meal should be served but I can tell you that the lasagna is awesome.
I just got the good news that I get to go back to Rome on the first bus back which means I have my evening free in Rome. So I'm going to explore. Don't worry, Mom, I'll be extra careful and hopefully I'll find the Trevi Fountain!
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
All That Glitters is Gold
At least at the Kremlin, it is!! I'm sorry my post yesterday was sooo lame but it was a long day!! I'm glad though that I was able to get out of the filing center so let me go back and share some highlights from my day yesterday.
First of all, I never seem to pack appropriately for these trips. I actually look on weather.com for the weather forecast and once again, they lied!!! Yesterday it was about 45 degrees and cloudy. And of course I didn't have the appropriate coat. I dressed in what layers I had and just survived. That leads me to my first story.
The first event I went to was where POTUS was laying a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. I've seen him do that in America and it was remarkably the same except the soldiers kick their legs pretty high in the most unnatural movement possible. Anyway, back to my story. So we arrive in the requisite three hours early to get swept and in place before POTUS arrives. Well as I mentioned before, I was cold. And the Russians gave us the option of going up the hill to find a bathroom or to sit on the bus. This might border on TMI but I generally can hold it rather than use a potentially disgusting bathroom so I opted for sitting on the bus. First of all, I was the first one on there and the translator had gone with the group to the bathroom so I had to navigate the Russian version of the Secret Service by myself. I was thoroughly magged and the guy going through my bag made me take literally everything out. If you've seen my bag, it weighs approximately 40 pounds and is crammed with enough stuff to survive for three days. So this took a while but I finally passed the security check and was sitting all alone on the bus staying relatively warm. Next thing I knew, about 40 Russian journalists stormed the bus (their security check was not nearly as invasive!!) and for about 30 minutes or so, it was just me and the 40 Russians sitting on a bus. They wouldn't let the rest of the American press on and I was just sure that a) the Russians were all talking about me and b) that somehow the bus was going to pull away and I would never be heard from again. My Secret Service agent (he's on the Becky detail but he's still new and has some things to learn!) really couldn't do anything. Each time the bus moved a foot or two, I got more and more nervous. Luckily they were just re-parking and eventually they let a few more Americans on the bus. Then all of a sudden, everyone RAN off the bus for some unknown reason. I was just happy to be reunited with the rest of the American pool.
The event itself was very somber but I was right at the front there within a few feet of POTUS. I've posted pictures on Facebook but hopefully when I get home, I can add a link to this page.
Then after the ceremony, the Russians told us we would be taking a short walk to the site of the press conference between POTUS and POR. The "short walk" was around the Kremlin and up a hill. If you haven't been here, the Kremlin is enormous. It's not just one building but really a fort and we basically had to walk about 3/4 around the great big red brick wall. Once we entered the gate, it was about a 15 minute walk uphill at a fast pace. I tried taking pictures as we walked by all the churches and cool looking building. By the time we made it to the building, I was just proud of myself for making it alive and without panting too badly. When we walked into the building where the presser was going to take place, it literally made me stop in my tracks. It was soooo beautiful. Gold everywhere. It seemed nicer than any other palace I've ever been to. (Not that I have toooo many to compare it to but I've been to a few!) In my humble opinion, it was a little over the top. Who am I to criticize the Russians but it was almost a little too much. I would have pared down on the gold just ever so slightly!
We waited in one humongous room for several hours and then about 30 minutes prior to the original start time of the presser, they opened the doors to the room where the presser was going to be. All of a sudden, hundreds of mostly Russian journalists storm the enormous door to get a good spot. It was so chaotic. We were led through another incredibly ornate room into the room with the presser, the St. Andrews Room as one local Russian told me, which was equally as ornate. The presser was delayed by about 45 minutes, presumably while POTUS went back to the hotel to change his clothes. I admit, I was getting sleepy and almost fell asleep waiting if it had not been for the Russians screaming at each other and almost breaking out into fights.
The presser itself was actually fairly interesting as POTUS and POR talked about strengthening relations and all the ways they promised to get along. And be BFFs and promise to play nice when it comes to things like nuclear weapons. Clearly it was a bit more in depth than that but I'll let you read all about that on your own. Details details. World peace and so forth. Exciting stuff.
Today I've spent most of the day in the filing center producing liveshots. POTUS gave interviews to each of the five networks and even though it's the day for Michael Jackson's funeral, for some reason we've actually been really busy and doing a ton of liveshots. I've actually been shocked. But in the last five minutes, the funeral motorcade took off and now there aren't any more liveshots and I think I'm going to take a walk in Red Square. I'll post pictures soon!
First of all, I never seem to pack appropriately for these trips. I actually look on weather.com for the weather forecast and once again, they lied!!! Yesterday it was about 45 degrees and cloudy. And of course I didn't have the appropriate coat. I dressed in what layers I had and just survived. That leads me to my first story.
The first event I went to was where POTUS was laying a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. I've seen him do that in America and it was remarkably the same except the soldiers kick their legs pretty high in the most unnatural movement possible. Anyway, back to my story. So we arrive in the requisite three hours early to get swept and in place before POTUS arrives. Well as I mentioned before, I was cold. And the Russians gave us the option of going up the hill to find a bathroom or to sit on the bus. This might border on TMI but I generally can hold it rather than use a potentially disgusting bathroom so I opted for sitting on the bus. First of all, I was the first one on there and the translator had gone with the group to the bathroom so I had to navigate the Russian version of the Secret Service by myself. I was thoroughly magged and the guy going through my bag made me take literally everything out. If you've seen my bag, it weighs approximately 40 pounds and is crammed with enough stuff to survive for three days. So this took a while but I finally passed the security check and was sitting all alone on the bus staying relatively warm. Next thing I knew, about 40 Russian journalists stormed the bus (their security check was not nearly as invasive!!) and for about 30 minutes or so, it was just me and the 40 Russians sitting on a bus. They wouldn't let the rest of the American press on and I was just sure that a) the Russians were all talking about me and b) that somehow the bus was going to pull away and I would never be heard from again. My Secret Service agent (he's on the Becky detail but he's still new and has some things to learn!) really couldn't do anything. Each time the bus moved a foot or two, I got more and more nervous. Luckily they were just re-parking and eventually they let a few more Americans on the bus. Then all of a sudden, everyone RAN off the bus for some unknown reason. I was just happy to be reunited with the rest of the American pool.
The event itself was very somber but I was right at the front there within a few feet of POTUS. I've posted pictures on Facebook but hopefully when I get home, I can add a link to this page.
Then after the ceremony, the Russians told us we would be taking a short walk to the site of the press conference between POTUS and POR. The "short walk" was around the Kremlin and up a hill. If you haven't been here, the Kremlin is enormous. It's not just one building but really a fort and we basically had to walk about 3/4 around the great big red brick wall. Once we entered the gate, it was about a 15 minute walk uphill at a fast pace. I tried taking pictures as we walked by all the churches and cool looking building. By the time we made it to the building, I was just proud of myself for making it alive and without panting too badly. When we walked into the building where the presser was going to take place, it literally made me stop in my tracks. It was soooo beautiful. Gold everywhere. It seemed nicer than any other palace I've ever been to. (Not that I have toooo many to compare it to but I've been to a few!) In my humble opinion, it was a little over the top. Who am I to criticize the Russians but it was almost a little too much. I would have pared down on the gold just ever so slightly!
We waited in one humongous room for several hours and then about 30 minutes prior to the original start time of the presser, they opened the doors to the room where the presser was going to be. All of a sudden, hundreds of mostly Russian journalists storm the enormous door to get a good spot. It was so chaotic. We were led through another incredibly ornate room into the room with the presser, the St. Andrews Room as one local Russian told me, which was equally as ornate. The presser was delayed by about 45 minutes, presumably while POTUS went back to the hotel to change his clothes. I admit, I was getting sleepy and almost fell asleep waiting if it had not been for the Russians screaming at each other and almost breaking out into fights.
The presser itself was actually fairly interesting as POTUS and POR talked about strengthening relations and all the ways they promised to get along. And be BFFs and promise to play nice when it comes to things like nuclear weapons. Clearly it was a bit more in depth than that but I'll let you read all about that on your own. Details details. World peace and so forth. Exciting stuff.
Today I've spent most of the day in the filing center producing liveshots. POTUS gave interviews to each of the five networks and even though it's the day for Michael Jackson's funeral, for some reason we've actually been really busy and doing a ton of liveshots. I've actually been shocked. But in the last five minutes, the funeral motorcade took off and now there aren't any more liveshots and I think I'm going to take a walk in Red Square. I'll post pictures soon!
Monday, July 6, 2009
Inside the Kremlin
So this is going to have to be quick tonight because it's almost 1a and I'm really tired and there's lots to tell about today but basically I spent the day inside the Kremlin with the Russians. There are plenty of stories to tell but basically the good news is that I didn't get arrested and end up in a gulag. Is that a good tease or what? Actually nothing nearly that dramatic happened but I just thought I would get your attention. So hold your horses and I'll tell stories tomorrow while the world stops for the Michael Jackson funeral. Praise God my network's international channel is also covering it! That means I'll have a few hours free tomorrow!! Great blogging times indeed!! In the meantime, have a good night!!
Sunday, July 5, 2009
Back to the USSR
Except that I've never been here!! I'm in Moscow! I'm spending the next week on the road with POTUS and I promise to blog on a regular basis. See, there will actually be something to say this week! :)
Last night, I had to be extraordinarily un-American and skip the celebrations for our country's birthday and fly to Russia. I did see some fireworks from small Maryland towns when I was driving to Andrews Air Force Base so I felt patriotic for a brief second. Last year, I missed them as well when we were leaving for Japan. But I guess being on a military base and getting ready to travel with POTUS can count for being patriotic. And besides, earlier in the afternoon, I spent several hours doing American things like eating hamburgers and hotdogs and cherry pie and ice cream with great friends!
So I got cozy into row 25 on the plane and took some drugs and slept for most of the way. When we landed, we actually had to go through customs (which is unusual for us!) and I had no problems!! And actually everything looked a little like Iowa to me. But now we're downtown and our hotel is awesome. My view rocks! And we actually stay in the same hotel for three nights. Of course I'm not sure if I'll be able to sleep. I might have to take drugs again. We ate breakfast on the plane and one hour later when we got to the hotel, we ate dinner. Of course before we even entered the door, we were offered shots of vodka. Shocking I know. I turned them down because a) I don't drink vodka and b) I had to work as soon as we got here.
Anyway, I'm about to take a walk to Red Square in the rain. I'll take pictures but hopefully it will be sunny tomorrow and the colors will actually show up!!
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Home! Sweet! Home!!
So I don't have much time because I have a bazillion things to do (yes that is the right number!) but just wanted to let you know that I am officially a homeowner as of this afternoon! I closed on my townhouse today and PRAISE THE LORD, everything was as smooth as butter. Or is it silk? In any case, I just signed my named several hundred times and it was a done deal. I was really expecting it to be much worse but the attorney was down to business and explained each paper that I signed fairly quickly. I am so grateful that it was so easy. Of course signing my name should be the easiest part of the deal. While I'm at it, I've decided a shout-out to my parents is in order. They gave me the best name. It's so pretty to write. As you might assume, I sign my formal name instead of my nickname and every time I signed, my first thought was did I spell it correctly or did I add an any extra c's. (Sometimes I just get carried away!) Then I just thought it was the prettiest looking name on paper, no matter how many times and slightly different ways it looked. Same goes for my initials. I just love initialing things! I think more of the shout-out should be directed towards my mom because I'm pretty sure I inherited my penmanship from her and not my dad! :)
Anywho, so I'm a homeowner! Yippee! I can't wait to move. It won't actually happen fully until August as I have a few things I need to do beforehand. Like pack. I've lived in the same place for 8 years and I'm AMAZED at how much I've collected. I have to say that most of it is NOT junk but I'm going to have to part with some of it nonetheless. I feel like the purging process is healthy. Currently, I'm shredding eight years of documents, receipts, etc. I've gone through three paper shredders and have become soooo thankful that currently, I'm practically living paper-less-ly!
I'll post pictures once I take them. Hopefully soon. I'm leaving on July 4th to go on a trip with POTUS and I have a series of goals to accomplish before then. That is one of them!
Anywho, so I'm a homeowner! Yippee! I can't wait to move. It won't actually happen fully until August as I have a few things I need to do beforehand. Like pack. I've lived in the same place for 8 years and I'm AMAZED at how much I've collected. I have to say that most of it is NOT junk but I'm going to have to part with some of it nonetheless. I feel like the purging process is healthy. Currently, I'm shredding eight years of documents, receipts, etc. I've gone through three paper shredders and have become soooo thankful that currently, I'm practically living paper-less-ly!
I'll post pictures once I take them. Hopefully soon. I'm leaving on July 4th to go on a trip with POTUS and I have a series of goals to accomplish before then. That is one of them!
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Becky's Excellent Adventure
Last week, I spent the week at the beach and had sooooo much fun! It was my first week away from work since last November and I really needed to get away! Now it's so hard to be back to work that I needed a couple of days to get back into the swing of things before I could blog. So here goes....
Like I said in a previous blog, on paper my vacation didn't really look like a vacation. I went with my sister Laura, my 5 year-old niece Cayton, and my 2 month-old niece Raygan. Also Cayton's best friend, Ryley, and her mom Melissa were with us. Oh, and Ryley's 18-year old brother Adam and his girlfriend. All in our beach condo. Actually let me back up and say that as Cayton pointed out to me, I invited myself. But I had some time off to kill at work and thought, what would be a better thing than to spend time with my family!! Plus, my parents live about two minutes away from the condo so that was my back-up plan.
Turns out, I never even considered going with the back-up plan! Mom and Dad came over every day so I got to see them a lot too. And the arrangements at the condo were nothing but fun! I opted for sleeping in the same room with Raygan because I knew she wouldn't kick me all through the night, unlike Cayton! The down-side to that plan is that she does require a feeding in the middle of the night. But we got into a routine and she's such a good baby that it was never a problem. Plus I think a week of full night's sleep for my sister more than qualifies as a great present from me!
Let's just say that I never felt relaxed and there was always a flurry of activity but I came home from the vacation feeling recharged and it was just good to get away from work and my crackberry and everything for a while.
Here are some of my favorite moments (in no particular order!):
* Swimming in the pool with Cayton and Ryley. They are a hoot!! Cayton is pretty much one of the cutest kids on the planet and Ryley is right up there with her. The two of them together just makes for the perfect pair of cute kids. And they have some super imaginations. I think I was either a princess or a mermaid approximately 95% of the trip. Cayton and Ryley are learning to swim (Cayton is a little bit more advanced than Ryley) but it was sooo much fun to just play with them! 
*Going to Build-a-Bear and Sparkles with the girls. I just love to watch other people stimulate the economy. And that is exactly what Laura and Melissa did! The girls came away from Build-A-Bear with the most spoiled stuffed puppies on the planet. Of course the dogs needed roller skates!! And Ryley picked a dog that "walks" on all fours so that meant buying twice as much! Then at Sparkles, it's basically a make-over place for kids. I was a little scared that the Gothic-looking girl was going to turn my precious niece into a little goth kid with black lipstick but luckily she has "Pretty Princess" in her repertoire too. Cayton and Ryley were such adorable Princesses and their modeling just cracked me up!!
*Cayton losing her first tooth. You may have heard her screams from wherever you were but it caught all of us off-guard, especially her. But after a while of bawling, she recovered enough to go play putt-putt and then the Tooth Fairy came to visit and left her $5. I'm pretty sure I got a quarter when I lost my tooth. Who knew that inflation has risen that dramatically in the tooth world!
*Spoiling that beautiful baby niece of mine by just holding her while she would sleep. She is so incredibly precious and I think we bonded. I think she knows her Aunt Beck Beck loves her so much. I held her so much that I think now she'll only sleep if someone is holding her. Sorry Laura. Anyway, I love it when she coos and giggles. I could get her to smile if I asked if she was a pretty baby. If you don't believe me that she is an absolutely beautiful baby, see for yourself.
*Watching plenty of Noggin and Disney. It's just such a great thing when I take a step away and don't follow world events so closely. I love it when I have no idea what's going on. (Of course I pay for it the night before I go back to work when I have to read thousands of e-mails!) But just being unplugged and having the decision between Disney or Noggin as the biggest issue of the day is such a great thing.
* Laughing my head off with my sister and Melissa. La-La and Melissa just made me laugh. Usually it was at one of the kids but there were such funny, funny times. Melissa knows every word of every single song from the entire 1980s. Literally every word. We went to a dueling piano bar and she was only stumped twice the whole time we were there. Very impressive!! Even more impressive is that these two moms stayed out until 11:30p when their usual bedtime is somewhere in the ballpark of 8:30p. They were SUCH wild women!! It says a lot when normally I am the wildest person in the bunch!!
*Sense of accomplishment in packing up. It's amazing how much stuff three adults and three kids (including a baby) can take for a week. It's kind of like playing the video game Tetris in real life. We had a soft carrier on top of the van that two men loaded in Roanoke. But for the trip home, my goal all week was to pick up a guy who would be willing to help us on Saturday when we left. Somehow, hanging out with a baby and two five year olds does not attract men. Especially when it's senior week and 95% of the male population is 18 years old and hungover from their illegal celebrations! So Melissa and I had to do the whole thing of loading things onto the top of the van by ourselves. Plus it was more than 100 degrees. After many sighs and grunts and with sweat pouring off of us, WE DID IT! Wooo!!!!!!
Once I got home, it took me a few days to not wake up in the morning and not expect to hear "Aunt Beck Beck" from someone. I had such a wonderful time with my family and friends! (Although we missed you K and I'll go to the beach with you and Mark and baby S. one day too!!) I can't wait until next year! Yes, I am signing up for more of the same fun! Now it's back to work and back to normal. Somehow life is just not as fun this week!!
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Metro Accident
Yesterday was my first day back to work after a wonderfully fun vacation! I'll post about my trip in the next day or two but yesterday my goal was just to get acclimated back to having to work. While out last week, I watched literally no news and very little television that wasn't Noggin' or Disney. Apparently a lot when on in the world because I had approximately 1700 e-mails to read through when I got back to work. I was really hoping that my assignment yesterday wasn't going to catch me completely off guard as I was still catching up.
My normal assignment yesterday was to produce the news package for the evening news shows which is my least favorite task at work. But it was my turn. And the piece was fine. It was about POTUS signing legislation banning tobacco advertising for kids but also about his own personal struggle with his addiction to cigarettes. (As an aside, the one time I was six inches away from him, I smelled no cigarette smoke on his breath but I seriously think he sneaks a cigarette on a fairly regular basis.) Anyway, the story was short, sweet, to the point, and a little bit of a crash but it turned out okay.
Then about 30 minutes before I was going to leave work, someone came running through our bureau saying "if you're not doing anything, you need to run up to the newsroom." Technically, I was done with my assignment and after some prodding by others, I went upstairs. Big mistake. The bureau chief was on several phones at the same time and saying "Every producer HAS to go to the scene of the Metro crash. It's a huge story!" Actually, there might have been some screaming and more choice words. I turned on the local news and realized that it was a big story and one with possible huge devastation. I actually had no idea where the crash site was and I really, really wanted to go home so I decided to look busy at my desk. About ten minutes later, I was assigned to go to Howard University Hospital to wait for victims. And while I had a horrible attitude towards having to go, I grabbed my intern and we headed up there. This situation was completely out of my comfort zone. I'm used to dealing with POTUS, not breaking news situations but I quickly figured the lay of the land (once I finally found Howard University Hospital). We were there for a few hours and saw the ambulances pulling in with victims. I wasn't close to the accident scene so I didn't experience the epitome of the breaking news environment but luckily I got an interview with the doctor who treated some of the victims and so it looked like I had done a lot of work! :) I was truly just glad that the accident didn't kill more people (although my heart goes out to the 9 people who did die) and things seemed fairly calm by the time I left the hospital last night. Thanks for those who called to check on me but I rarely ride the Metro and never on that route! I am praying for those who were injured and lost loved ones yesterday. It was quite a tragedy.
My normal assignment yesterday was to produce the news package for the evening news shows which is my least favorite task at work. But it was my turn. And the piece was fine. It was about POTUS signing legislation banning tobacco advertising for kids but also about his own personal struggle with his addiction to cigarettes. (As an aside, the one time I was six inches away from him, I smelled no cigarette smoke on his breath but I seriously think he sneaks a cigarette on a fairly regular basis.) Anyway, the story was short, sweet, to the point, and a little bit of a crash but it turned out okay.
Then about 30 minutes before I was going to leave work, someone came running through our bureau saying "if you're not doing anything, you need to run up to the newsroom." Technically, I was done with my assignment and after some prodding by others, I went upstairs. Big mistake. The bureau chief was on several phones at the same time and saying "Every producer HAS to go to the scene of the Metro crash. It's a huge story!" Actually, there might have been some screaming and more choice words. I turned on the local news and realized that it was a big story and one with possible huge devastation. I actually had no idea where the crash site was and I really, really wanted to go home so I decided to look busy at my desk. About ten minutes later, I was assigned to go to Howard University Hospital to wait for victims. And while I had a horrible attitude towards having to go, I grabbed my intern and we headed up there. This situation was completely out of my comfort zone. I'm used to dealing with POTUS, not breaking news situations but I quickly figured the lay of the land (once I finally found Howard University Hospital). We were there for a few hours and saw the ambulances pulling in with victims. I wasn't close to the accident scene so I didn't experience the epitome of the breaking news environment but luckily I got an interview with the doctor who treated some of the victims and so it looked like I had done a lot of work! :) I was truly just glad that the accident didn't kill more people (although my heart goes out to the 9 people who did die) and things seemed fairly calm by the time I left the hospital last night. Thanks for those who called to check on me but I rarely ride the Metro and never on that route! I am praying for those who were injured and lost loved ones yesterday. It was quite a tragedy.
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