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So it's been quite a while since I updated this thing! Mostly because I started a new job a few weeks ago, and have pretty much found myself overwhelmed by it ever since. But I am really, really enjoying it :)
Plus CellarDoor came to stay for a while and kept me busy!! Lots of trips out, lots of laughs too, I had a great time so I hope she did too, plus it was great to finally meet her ;)
Then this week happened.
Last Saturday we had the Live8 concerts, which were amazing. I remeber watching Live Aid 20 years ago, and felt the same way this time as I did then. You really got the feeling that so many people were united in a common cause, and that was a damn good feeling. So it was a day of many mixed emotions - anger, sadness, frustration that so many people are still needlessly dying every single day - but also hope, determination & pride that so many people are now standing up and saying STOP. I hope that the momentum created by this continues and that we all try to continue to play our part, no matter how small it seems.
Then came Wednesday. The G8 summit at Gleneagles - everyone waiting to see if they would listen to what the people had said - and the decision of the IOC was finally made and London will host the 2012 Olympics! We celebrated that day, for sure - after we'd picked ourselves up from the floor where we'd fallen down with shock!! Everyone was sure that Paris would get it - so to hear it had gone to London was unexpected and made the celebration all the sweeter.
Then came Thursday. I still can't find the right words to describe how this makes me feel - maybe there aren't any. We knew it was inevitable, they'd been telling us that for 3 years. And this isn't the first time this country has been the victim of terrorism. But somehow it felt different this time - maybe it was the timing, coming as it did in such an extraordinairy week - so many highs and lows - then people come in to tell you that bombs are going off in London and all you can do is stand there and watch in complete shock with tears running down your face.
And although those feelings are still there, you can't helping giving a wry smile and having some pride as the usual defiant attitude of the Bristish people kicks in when something like this happens. Below are just a couple of the messages I've seen which have stuck in my mind:
Pinned to a floral tribute at Kings Cross
"Yesterday we fled this great city. But today we are walking back into an even stronger, greater city.
The people who did this should know they have failed. They have picked the wrong city to pick on.
London will go on."
Pinned to a floral tribute in London
"You think you will defeat us? Let me take you by the hand and lead you through the streets of London. I'll show you something that will make you change your mind"
A blog quote which made me smile - click on the link & scroll down to the quote by Tim Worstall.
So yeah, along with everyone else I know, we will comfort each other, mourn those who were murdered and stick two fingers up to the bastards who did this. Don't ever stop looking over your shoulders.
