the last few days

I haven't posted for the last few days. As many are aware the events of the last few days have been surreal. I'm not going to sit here and blog about what happened, I dare say you know that already and if you don't then the BBC can tell you more. But theres a part of me that needs to simply tell people about whats in my head. Its only now, three days later that I've been able to sit down and try to comprehend and put the events into some sort of perspective.

Even now, i've just flicked through all three 24 hour news channels that i've got thru my Freeview box and all of them are still providing the latest coverage regarding the event. Life seems to have temporarily put on hold but also things seems to have been dealt with and life is moving on following the events. Its a strange position, the type that follows any major incident of this nature i guess, on one hand theres the wanting to know what happened, finding the answers to the questions but then also a certain amount of getting on with things and continuing to get on with life.

It was a normal day, i dont usually write about work but I've got to here. in the office we have BBC news 24 on and saw that there were reports of a blast at Liverpool St. nothing really alarming, I even rang our London office to pass on the info in case it was going to affect the train services!! Little did we know what was really happening and as time went on the true horrors evolved. It meant that not only was I aware of it as it happened but i was actually having to deal with it because thats my job, I couldn't just turn myself off, it was constant. I ended up having to work a 13 hour shift, could have been worse i know, but thru the day i was just running on adrenaline and when i got home i just wanted to turn off, clear my mind. i didnt want to think about the roads and trains and how commuters were going to get home or the advice people who meant to be going to London were getting. yet alone the fact that i know a lot of people who live in London. As far as I'm aware theyre ok.

And only the day before everyone had been celebrating the fact London had won the Olympics for 2012. what a difference a day makes as they say.