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Last night we had been with friends, drinking and having a good time. The missus having the honourable role as the designated driver, resulted in me getting off my face drunk. One of my routines before going to bed, even if I’ve been out painting the streets with my puke, is to read the news to see what’s going on around the world. We get home after midnight, I think. It was when the bomb in Norway had gone off. This put a huge damper on the night.
A bit later 10 people were confirmed dead. Not how I wanted to end the night.
I’ve been dragging my arse and and postponing working on my assignment. Which is due on Tuesday. I knew I was going out to get hammered, but wasn’t too worried about that. Because I usually don’t have an issue working through a hangover. What I didn’t expect was to wake up to another 50+ confirmed dead.
While nursing my hangover past noon I was constantly telling myself that I would sit down and start working on my assignment. Just work for an hour or so and I can work all day tomorrow.
Not that easy.
I was refreshing every online newspaper, from Norway, to see if something new had happened. Watching a press conference held by the Norwegian PM. Telling the missus and myself I would work on my assignment later.
It wasn’t until later I realised I wasn’t postponing the assignment tonight because of procrastination. It was because it is still kind of a shock to me. It is so surreal. Even worse is that I am so far away. Horrible how someone can do something like this.
I did learn why I’m so critical towards the Australian media. Following this story unfold in the Norwegian media has made me very proud as a Norwegian. How they try not to speculate too much on what is going on, only releasing information when it has been verified and instantly corrects errors is really inspiring. They [the Norwegian media] are not about being first to publish something, they are about providing honest, unbiased, accurate and informative news to the public.
It has been a horrible day for Norway. So I shouldn’t feel too bad for not getting too much work done today. I want to write more, but I’m too tired.
Tomorrow is a new day with new possibilities!
