There's been record amounts of pollen this week. The sidewalk is totally yellow with the stuff. No wonder I've had sinus headaches. Yuck. This is the one thing I hate about spring. Pretty flowers bring on the allergies. My singing voice will go out the window.

It's supposed to rain tomorrow and Thursday. Maybe that will wash the pollen away. Of course, then I will have to deal with worms on the sidewalk. I do like to walk in a light spring rain...I just hate dodging the worms. 

The choir sang the Pie Jesu from Andrew Lloyd Webber's Requiem, in memory of the victims at Virginia Tech. There wasn't a dry eye in the congregation. I hadn't sung that in years. I'm usually part of the duet. I wasn't used to the chorus! I got through it fine, though. 

I read through my dad's Phi Mu Alpha alumni magazine the other day. A member from Colorado State who graduated the same year I did was listed in the "Final Chord"- in other words, he had died. I should know who he was. I feel really bad.  ΦΜΑ and ΔΟ brothers/sisters at my school were really close. We had some good times. I wonder why I don't remember this guy?

 

One of the girls from my church was on the floor where the first girl and the R.A. were killed. She didn't hear a thing, but when she went to get a shower, she saw the blood and ran right back into her room, then called her parents. I still don't understand why the campus wasn't locked down right away. They knew what was happening.

All the VT kids from my church are staying with that girl and her parents- they have a condo there. I can only imagine what they're feeling right now.

I missed choir tonight. I was in too much pain from my head and neck. I hope my doctor can do something for me. I really can't deal with this pain. It's been almost constant for the past three days.

I did something to my neck while I was at my sister's. Now I've had a headache for three straight days. Time to go back to the doctor. Damn.

I was up part of the night. I'm still so sick about what happened at VT yesterday. The names of the victims are starting to be released. So many bright lights snuffed out because of one madman. I just can't get my mind around it.

Borrowed this icon from brotherflounder . Someone made it for VT's Facebook.

The kids from my church (including the pastor's son!) who attend Virginia Tech are okay. The parents of one girl went down to the school to get her and they're on their way home. She's a lovely girl who helps out in bell choir when she's home. I'm very relieved that she and the others are okay, but God knows how they're all going to deal with this. We will probably have a special prayer service on Wednesday.

33 dead now. And it's officially the worst mass shooting in U.S. history. What a thing for people to think of when they think of Virginia Tech, an excellent school.