8 Years Ago Today

Kiddo's...today marks an Anniversary of a terrible day in History. I will talk to you about this someday when you are older. I will compare this story telling to you as how my parents talk to me about where they were when:
1. JFK was shot
2. Man Landed on the Moon, etc...

I was a Junior in College and Minnesota State University when this happened. I got up and logged onto my computer right away to prepare for my first PUBLIC SPEAKING speech for class. I logged onto AIM, and got a message from my friend Chad Allen....I cant' remember his AIM name... at the time.

He said "We got bombed".....
I said: "You lushes".. thinking him and his roommates got drunk the night before on a "weekday" which was normal in college.

He said: "NO, MANDY, turn on your TV"

I did and I saw footage from the picture above. Very weird day. I went to class still and gave my speech. As I sat down, a school official walked into the classroom and cancelled classes for the rest of the day.

Later that night all my girls came over to our place and we hung out. My mom had me go to Kwik Trip and fill my car up with gas. I waited in a very long line and got a full tank of gas. Why? NOT SURE....the country didn't know what was going to happen. My mom even mentioned for me to go grocery shopping and stock up on canned goods. I didn't do this as I was a broke college student....

We are still fighting this war today, and I hope by the time you guys are toddlers, the war is over. I know terrorism will still exist but I hope the United States is out of there by then. Fingers Crossed.

Hope all is well in there kiddos, and I promise you will love it out here, even though today is kind of a sad day in history.