[monalisa]

We had the clock radio set to radio, so my BF and I woke up to the news. At first we though the DJ's were just joking around, because it seemed so obsurd that it could be real. Then we realized they weren't kidding and we just sat there for a long time with shocked looks on our faces, silent and listeing to the radio. We eventually got up and turned on the TV. We no longer wake up to the clock radio, in fact we can't even use that clock anymore. When I got to work, not many were working and a lot of people had radios going and news websites up.

I found out that a co-worker from our New York office was in a training class in a building right by the World Trade Center. He ran all the way back to our NY office, covered all over with the white/gray powder and just collapsed in the reception area.

My heart goes out to everyone that lost someone on that day. And what we lost as a country. It will never be the same.

Hug your friends and family and be grateful they are still here.

Peace,
-monalisa