Today is our wedding anniversary. 40 years!!! holy moly.
When we got married on that Sunday, it was 101º in Alexandria Virginia. But no one sneezed over it or had a coronary either.
Anyway. on THE 9/11 my hubbs was working in Crystal City Arlington Va and he did indeed have a meeting at the pentagon/ We discussed the days plans in the morning bc he wa going to come home early and we would get some chinese with the girls. Anyway.
At 9:00 am I was listening to my fav classical music station and of course they cut in with the planes and all of that horror. I thought, 'wow too bad. crazy mooslems" and donned my skate bag and drove to the ice rink close by. I got there and there was no skating bc everyone was outside looking for planes to come crashing into the ice rink in Ashburn Va..... What a day. Anyway, when they mentioned the Pentagon I freaked.
long story short, you know that video they have on Wiki I think of the plane hitting the helipad and smashing the side of the pentagon? There is a pentagon shuttle bus stop there, and that bus is usually late. However for some nutty reason it was on time and picked up my hubbs and as he was leaving, like completely OUT and away from the area, the plane hit. My hubbs did not see it. So he was back in Crystal City and it was impossible to get him by phone bc tech bk then was sucky. Anyway, I got frantic and he finally called me at noon-ish. he was stuck in Arlington the sky was black, the interstates were clogged and there was no way he was coming home any time soon.
He did make it home, I can't remember what time.
The only thing I will never forget is his voice and his response. He was in shock. First off, he was quite well aware of the area that was destroyed and he knew people there that died instantly.
Secondly, when he called me, he was with his work mates (government people, he worked at DIA) and he was kind of "laughing" and telling me he was okay. I really did not like that call. I begged him to come home.
Anyway, that was that. It was a terrible and sad day.
We are making pizza's for dinner out of naan bread and then having apple pie.
We have been eating too much (using up daddy's meal plan and Ashby Ponds/they give you piles of food) and I do not feel like getting stuffed at a local restaurant, Maybe tomorrow.
Saturday I walked my only daughter down the aisle. Yesterday we finished cleaning up and took some much-needed rest. Today I'm back at work. Life just keeps moving along, sometimes far too quickly. Thanks for the relaxing video.
Today is our wedding anniversary. 40 years!!! holy moly.
When we got married on that Sunday, it was 101º in Alexandria Virginia. But no one sneezed over it or had a coronary either.
Anyway. on THE 9/11 my hubbs was working in Crystal City Arlington Va and he did indeed have a meeting at the pentagon/ We discussed the days plans in the morning bc he wa going to come home early and we would get some chinese with the girls. Anyway.
At 9:00 am I was listening to my fav classical music station and of course they cut in with the planes and all of that horror. I thought, 'wow too bad. crazy mooslems" and donned my skate bag and drove to the ice rink close by. I got there and there was no skating bc everyone was outside looking for planes to come crashing into the ice rink in Ashburn Va..... What a day. Anyway, when they mentioned the Pentagon I freaked.
long story short, you know that video they have on Wiki I think of the plane hitting the helipad and smashing the side of the pentagon? There is a pentagon shuttle bus stop there, and that bus is usually late. However for some nutty reason it was on time and picked up my hubbs and as he was leaving, like completely OUT and away from the area, the plane hit. My hubbs did not see it. So he was back in Crystal City and it was impossible to get him by phone bc tech bk then was sucky. Anyway, I got frantic and he finally called me at noon-ish. he was stuck in Arlington the sky was black, the interstates were clogged and there was no way he was coming home any time soon.
He did make it home, I can't remember what time.
The only thing I will never forget is his voice and his response. He was in shock. First off, he was quite well aware of the area that was destroyed and he knew people there that died instantly.
Secondly, when he called me, he was with his work mates (government people, he worked at DIA) and he was kind of "laughing" and telling me he was okay. I really did not like that call. I begged him to come home.
Anyway, that was that. It was a terrible and sad day.
We are making pizza's for dinner out of naan bread and then having apple pie.
We have been eating too much (using up daddy's meal plan and Ashby Ponds/they give you piles of food) and I do not feel like getting stuffed at a local restaurant, Maybe tomorrow.
Saturday I walked my only daughter down the aisle. Yesterday we finished cleaning up and took some much-needed rest. Today I'm back at work. Life just keeps moving along, sometimes far too quickly. Thanks for the relaxing video.