Remembering 9/11

At our offices that morning we had no internet connection or incoming phone lines. Verizon was screwing around with the building. So when the first plane hit, none of us really knew. Again, no internet and people weren't getting incoming calls.

Then when the second plane hit, you could hear 50 cell phones go off at the same time. It was the scariest sound you can imagine.

Then when we all got the news, we turned on a radio in the office and listened, horrified.

A few minutes later, under the perfect blue sky we heard and felt thunder, the building shook. But it wasn't thunder. It was the plane hitting the pentagon just a couple miles away. We went outside and saw the smoke, heard the sirens and bowed our heads to pray.

Panic ensued. All of us have friends and family working in the pentagon. The cell phone lines were all busy, for hours upon hours. When we did hear from people we knew, we got other phone numbers and promised to let their families know that they were safe. My sister had to walk 8 miles to get out of the Pentagon area too.

I was scheduled to fly out on a business trip the next morning to New York. Thank god it was supposed to be the next day.

It is too soon for me too. I don't want to see the movies out or spend too much time watching tv today. I'm just not ready yet...

When the honeymoon is over...

I posted on a message board today about when you feel like the 'honeymoon' is over in a marriage. Not always a bad thing, but I feel like we are in a rut. I have also heard that these years of a marriage (5-6) are sometimes the hardest. We just kind of co-habitate, like roommates for the most part. Sometimes the comfort of the structure and routine is all I need to get me through. But I do miss the spark, the energy, the profound feeling of lust and love.

Someone responded with this:
"The honeymoon ended???? DH and I have been togther 20 years/married 18. The communication is the key. Phases come and go - being a couple , being a couple with babies - then school aged kiddos - now teenagers and looking forward to being a couple with an empty nest.... We have had wonderful years, long years and even one year were we weren't sure we wanted to be a couple anymore... communication of honest needs got us thru. Enjoy the journey - its not where you go - its who goes with you. "

I need to get to that place in my own head I guess. Someone send me a map, please!