Seaglopur

Listening to Sigur Ros again today. Ahhhhhh, I needed that. Seaglopur is the song. Cinematic. Its Icelandic. I don't understand a word. Some people would say that uts the musical equivilent of foreign films. Its just good. Ok somewhat pretentious, but, when its that good you can afford to be.

It has been a rough week.

Yesterday I attended the funeral for my co-workers baby. The little one didn’t make it. It’s incredibly sad. Even today I’m still in a serious funk from it. I think that was one of saddest things I have ever had to do. I don’t remember much about yesterday after the ceremony. I drove to the office with a co-worker. Did something while I was there between noon and 5. Went home and crashed on the couch soaking up some TV. I hope I never have to go to something like that again. Funerals are never easy. They aren’t supposed to be. If I found them easy, I wouldn’t be the person I am. But, the funeral for someone who survived 11 days only just isn’t right. It’s hard to take. Everyone in attendance wept openly. There was nothing else to do. We all knew that no words could console the parents.

I guess we are hardwired to feel protective towards infants. Nature makes sure we take care of our young. I hope that my co-worker can someday make peace with what has happened. I don’t have a point of reference for what losing a child feels like, so I don’t know where she is right now. I had to meet her husband for the first time yesterday. I could tell that like my co-worker, he was really just the shell of himself. Something was missing. I hope they can come to terms.

In other news, my boss quit today. In my previous job this would have been cause for much rejoicing (with the exception of one of the bosses), but not today. He’s awesome to work for. Unfortunately as it goes in a large corporation, when he quit, they just asked him to leave. No 2 weeks, no round of farewells. Part of that is keeping company secrets, but they also don’t want him to steal staff. He’s the kind of boss that could take legions with him. I hope he does well.

Thankfully tomorrow is Friday and this week is almost done! I need a weekend.