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24Jan/170

An Unexpected Email

So, at work, they send out emails to everyone about various things... You know... Like campus wide announcements.

It's usually just like, surveys, or something about construction and some road or wing is closed, or a bathroom will have no running water from this day to this day... Etc. etc.

This morning there was an email that had the title about an important announcement.  I usually click on these emails while I'm eating breakfast and just kind of skim so I know what's what for when I arrive at work.

Well so, this email informed me that one of the members of the college community didn't wake up Saturday morning.  It's super sad.  She was super young.

I guess I just kind of read it and thought... How fragile life is.

It reminded me of something similar that happened in high-school.  A girl that I was friends with just didn't wake up one morning.  This time around it's just a little different because I'm not really close with her.  I know her, I mean I don't REALLY know her.  I tried to make conversation a few times here and there but it was very fleeting.

A couple of quick words.

To be honest... She didn't seem like... very chatty, at least to me.  I just kind of took at as she was busy and had work to do.

Maybe she wasn't one for workplace idle conversation.

At any rate... I just never got a chance to know her beyond a quick hello, or helping her with a quick computery thing.

Some people are chatty... Some just aren't.

But, I do feel bad for her closer friends and family and obviously her.  She'll never get to experience you know, finding love... Maybe I'm the only one who makes that a number one priority.  For all I know most people actually fear their wedding day and would rather be alone their whole life and only are dating or end up marrying because they are supposed to or pressured to do so by their family.

I guess everyone has their own priorities right?

Well so, yeah... One of my other coworkers, also in a different department than myself, was her roomie...

I can't imagine how her mind must be at the moment.  I mean, okay, I kind of can... Because my mom was my roomie... so, I mean, I can sort of relate in that way and know what it's like to have someone that used to live in the room next to you, but they are no longer there.

Life is very rough.  It's full of curveballs and craziness and stuff most of us will never make sense of...

But yeah, I read the email and was just, taken aback I suppose... It was just unexpected.

I guess it didn't hit me AS hard because of all the stuff I've been through including losing my own mom, and losing my friend in high school.

It's just sad though, anyone that goes at a young age... It's always super sad.  It's been a bit of a somber day.

Life is short... For some it's just a little shorter than usual.

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