Bombs in London

I woke up this morning at 11 AM for class and walked out the dorm building to see people really anxious and lots of signs around saying that we had a mandatory meeting at 1:30 because of "the events in London", which as of that time I was unaware of. I made my way to the TV room and watched 10 minutes of TV before I had to go to class. I'm sure you've all heard of it by now, that there were 7 bomb explosions in London this morning. Obviously, I am fine, being a good 3 hours away from London, but I am immensely upset and shocked. Right now it's 6 AM over there and 2 PM over here.

We just had a program meeting to account for everyone and to find out how these things are going to affect our program. We are staying in Cambridge and not traveling to London, which means that our day trip to London on Sunday has been postponed. We are still going to Bath on Saturday, though, since it's not even close to London and Dr. Dawson feels that it should be fine.

I have to say that I'm really upset about all of it, though, and very disappointed in humanity in general. I can't believe that we have to deal with these things, especially when London was just yesterday celebrating being chosen to host the 2012 olympics, an event that was supposed to unite the world. I have been trying to watch the news with everyone else but keep getting too upset so I don't know if motives have been speculated yet, though I suspect that it must either be a response to the olympic bid, the G8 summit, or even both. It's just so mind-boggling.

We were worried that this would disrupt our schedule today, but Dr. Dawson wants to keep everything as normal as possible, so we are still going to have our program picture taken today, drinks reception, and formal hall dinner tonight. I'm afraid there will be a weird pall over the events, but I'm glad we'll be doing something and not just sitting around. I'm really just shocked, it's really disconcerting to see my TAs really anxious and calling their friends and even our professor was having a difficult time today in class, stuttering and losing track of his thoughts. I really am not sure what the make of this situation, but right now all I'm feeling is a mixture of confusion, anger, disappointment, and hurt. I wish I could understand the motives and mindsets of the people who do these terrible things. I honestly cannot understand it. I wish I could explain how I feel better but right now I'm just too shocked and upset for proper words.

At 2:45 I'm joining the TAs for a walk to Grantchester for tea, then we have the photo, drinks, and formal hall tonight. I guess we'll see how it all goes. I still just can't fathom it all...yesterday was completely fine and enjoyable and today there is injury and chaos. I need some more time to think about things.