Speed Kills

Yesterday was a strange day. You know from my last post that Wednesday was a long day and it carried over into Thursday. Sleep came in stages and progress on anything was slowed by constant interruptions from one quarter or another. I did manage to get some things accomplished before I had to go to work this evening at 10 PM. The really strange thing about Thursday happened in two stages. During Ugly Betty two friends came over to get me to create some documents for their work on my computer. It was a simple task that did not take long and they left before Ugly Betty was over. The strange part happened a little later. Apparently my two friends left in a vehicle with a third party I did not know. About 1 Am Friday the front desk where I live called to the front desk where I was working and reported that my two friends were killed in an auto accident about an hour after they left my place. I know both their wives and one had an 11 year old son still at home. The third party who was driving survived the accident and is in intensive care at a local hospital. His estimated speed at the time of the accident was 100 mph, which in the weather we are having (rain and sleet) was entirely too fast. Even in dry weather on the streets of Dallas that is way to fast to be driving. I am in real shock over this turn of events as things like this are something I read about not experience. I know it is not tragic for me, but for the wives and the son it is heart breaking. I have spoken with one of the wives as I write this at work but have yet to speak to the other wife or son. I will do that in the morning as we have been friends for a while and I know she will be in a world of hurt. The boy is a sensible lad and smart as a whip who adored his father so he will probably be feeling devastated also. When I spoke to the one wife, she was crying of course but it really got to me when she told me she had neglected to say "I love you" before he left. That just about broke my heart, what do you say to someone in this situation? To lose the one you love with out haveing the opportunity to express your love would haunt me for sure as I am sure it will haunt her. I could not think of what to say so I just hugged her and let her know that I would be there if she needed anything.

I just found out that the other wife and son are with friends down the hall from me and they are both fairly devastated. I still have not had the chance to speak with the wife or the son but I will as soon as I have the opportunity. The two friends who died were full of life when they were at my place. We were laughing and joking as usual and they said they were going to stop by and chat with me while I was working tonight. I am glad that I am not on duty in that hospital as I would be tempted to unplug any life support for the driver for stupidly driving at that speed in this weather. I would not actually pull the plug but I know you understand the sentiment. I know we don't get icy conditions very often, but common sense should have prevailed. I do not know if alcohol was involved as both my friends were sober when they left my place and they were not driving in any case. I do not know if the driver was drinking or drugging. I do know that he was going way too fast.

On a brighter note, Ryan from Best Gay Blogs emailed me to say my interview would appear on Sunday or Monday and he will let me know so I can tell you all. Also Henning von Berg's office and I have been burning the electrons up and I have received some really good material including Mr von Berg's personal favorites from his book Alpha Male. I should have that ready to post on Tuesday or Wednesday. So stay tuned for those two events. I am glad that I already had the eye candy picked out for this post before I came to work. I need something to lift my spirits a little right about now. So I will leave you with them to brighten your day as I know mine is to have a little stress in it. Until next time as always, Enjoy!