It was my birthday yesterday…

..and some bombs went off in London today.

I had a big shock when I arrived at work. I'd had to walk across Hyde park because my train terminated unexpectedly three stops short of my stop. Why? Londoners have been victims of 4 terrorist bomb attacks today. There are dozens killed, hundreds injured. I feel a bit overwhelmed, not least because one of the bomb blasts was at a Tube station only a few hundred metres from Paddington, the stop I get off at every weekday, near St. Mary's hospital. I work there as a clinical pharmacist in the vascular surgery ward. The hospital initiated a Major Incident plan to cope with the injured. It was a slightly surreal experience working there today, knowing that I would be involved, in a small way in the treatment of some of these people. there was a very odd calmness all over the hospital. Tricky and I talk about this every now and then. It was one of our greatest fears when we first arrived in London. Terrorist threats were in the news every night. Then we sort of forgot about it and got on with our lives. I catch the Tube every day. And today it really did happen and it felt all too real and too close. I'm not just watching this on the televison news. All of our London friends are accounted for. I can't understand why people want to hurt other people who are just going about their lives. I'm a bit overwhelmed and can't really write much more today. I feel really tired. I'll try to write more later. I think I might ride my bike to work tomorrow.

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