Welcome back! Glad you're safe and weren't anywhere near (relatively) it. {hugs}
As a general thing, I think the lack of outside knowledge during vacations is a good thing -- if we were continually trying to keep up with 'life' during vacation, we'd never get any rest and would worry ourselves to death and not enjoy what we have. There's time to catch up with things when we can afterwards, and the happy memories of the vacation remain intact to look back on. It's a bit scary to think of how things pass us by unknowing... but that happens all the time even when we are at home and checking news. o.o
Though I do know what you mean.
During all this, I've been quietly frustrated because I don't have a tv hooked up to the outside (just dvd and vcr), and I've been getting my news mostly off the internet -- which is generally more reliable, but it doesn't have the same impact and variety. So I went to my dad's house yesterday and spent about six hours just cycling through all the news channels to see all the footage and their information. And Discovery channel was replaying a documentary it had done a few years ago on tsunamis. Going back to the house tonight and will do some more of that. I'm now seriously considering paying the $35/month and getting basic cable just so I can have my news. -.-
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welcome back!!
Date: 2004-12-30 12:00 am (UTC)As a general thing, I think the lack of outside knowledge during vacations is a good thing -- if we were continually trying to keep up with 'life' during vacation, we'd never get any rest and would worry ourselves to death and not enjoy what we have. There's time to catch up with things when we can afterwards, and the happy memories of the vacation remain intact to look back on. It's a bit scary to think of how things pass us by unknowing... but that happens all the time even when we are at home and checking news. o.o
Though I do know what you mean.
During all this, I've been quietly frustrated because I don't have a tv hooked up to the outside (just dvd and vcr), and I've been getting my news mostly off the internet -- which is generally more reliable, but it doesn't have the same impact and variety. So I went to my dad's house yesterday and spent about six hours just cycling through all the news channels to see all the footage and their information. And Discovery channel was replaying a documentary it had done a few years ago on tsunamis. Going back to the house tonight and will do some more of that. I'm now seriously considering paying the $35/month and getting basic cable just so I can have my news. -.-