oh, Earl. and, of course, some E.E.

Guess what?! We might have to be evacuated tomorrow if Earl decides to come up the sound instead of veering out toward the right. I've never been evacuated before. Although, really, I guess it's only exciting since our apartments aren't really at risk where they are (north side of the island, soundside, up on some dunes - probably the highest elevation on the island. seriously)....I'm still going to pack all my most important things and be ready to take them home. wow. Kind of hard to look around my room and imagine it being destroyed when I return, but I don't really think that will happen. I hope not.

I hope you all are safe wherever you are. I've recently learned from various events in my life - and the lives of people I know - that you absolutely cannot imagine what is about to happen, and how your life might be changed by it. Or even ended, sadly. I've always found the phrase carpe diem too...brief to encompass the weight of the concept, but I think E.E. Cummings touches on it when he writes,
"history immeasurably is / wealthier by a single sweet day’s death." I've been trying to live more consciously recently - to not do things I would regret, to do things I would regret not doing, to love openly, and to be kind at all moments (because why should we be anything else?).