Oct 25, 2009
What I feel right now is nothing compared to what her family is going to be feeling when they find out. 6000 miles from home and she died alone in her villa in the UAE. They didn't find her till this morning. She didn't come in to work and she wasn't answering her phone so they went to her house. And they found that she had been dead all weekend.
I met her when I first arrived in the UAE. We hit it off right away. I lent her dvd's and we talked about her home town. She just recently gave me back the set of dvds that I had lent her, young Indiana Jones adventures. She had never heard of them. I was suppose to bring in Farscape for her to see this week.
I am kind of numb and focusing on the rather inane things because... it hurts a lot.
She was a librarian, something I still kind of wish I could have been. She was my age, but no kids and no husband. She missed her home and her family. She was back in Australia over the summer.
We had talked on Thursday of last week. We had talked about videos and horseback riding. She seemed fine. And this morning they tell me that she died of natural causes over the weekend.
I think I am still in shock.
just numb.
I have to go teach a class now. I will make it through the day, and I think when I get home I am going to fall apart completely.
I am going to miss her fiercely.