On my drive back from Nashville to Murfreesboro yesterday, I realized exactly where I want to be when the world ends.
In case you haven't been watching any kind of news outlet in the past 24 hours, Murfreesboro, TN got hit by record breaking tornadoes causing death and widespread damage. I sat on the interstate gridlocked for three hours and when we moved I passed cars and semi-trucks that had been picked up and thrown knocking down houses and powerlines and anything else in their path.
People kept coming up to me asking me what was happening and what the latest news was. I'm not sure how I looked official or like I had any more idea than everyone else about what was happening, but in our little city of cars I was at the center and people looked to me for answers.
When the world does end so many people will be in that situation trapped on interstates trying to escape their cities and the destruction hoping to find peace or safety in some other location.
I will not be one of those people.
I will stay behind
and fight
and love
and die.
I have experienced so much loss lately. I feel like I am being prepared for what is to come. Somehow in all of this sadness and loss I am finding more happiness than ever before. Maybe "happiness" is not the right word. But, I am content at least. And I am not dwelling on the past or the future. I am just living. And preparing.
In case you haven't been watching any kind of news outlet in the past 24 hours, Murfreesboro, TN got hit by record breaking tornadoes causing death and widespread damage. I sat on the interstate gridlocked for three hours and when we moved I passed cars and semi-trucks that had been picked up and thrown knocking down houses and powerlines and anything else in their path.
People kept coming up to me asking me what was happening and what the latest news was. I'm not sure how I looked official or like I had any more idea than everyone else about what was happening, but in our little city of cars I was at the center and people looked to me for answers.
When the world does end so many people will be in that situation trapped on interstates trying to escape their cities and the destruction hoping to find peace or safety in some other location.
I will not be one of those people.
I will stay behind
and fight
and love
and die.
I have experienced so much loss lately. I feel like I am being prepared for what is to come. Somehow in all of this sadness and loss I am finding more happiness than ever before. Maybe "happiness" is not the right word. But, I am content at least. And I am not dwelling on the past or the future. I am just living. And preparing.
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ladyaurale:
My fiance was arguing with the physics department about the logical safety of going to the basement of the physics building with all the explosive chemicals 
soren_k:
ah, well being a bear is pretty sweet. i sleep all the time. eat berries, fish, and the occasional hiker. yogi bear and i kick back sometimes and throw down a couple brews. life is pretty simple as a bear, its nice 