Boom

I feel like I am in a warzone. I am trying to finish a job application, and about once every second or so - but irregularly - there is another deafening explosion that echoes off the surrounding buildings and hills. I can smell gunpowder. It is nearly 1 a.m. and someone is letting off fireworks. Not the pretty oooh kind, just the incredibly loud and obnoxious kind.

It is reminiscent of 7.30 this morning, when I shouted myself awake, dreaming of a sick child convulsing in my arms and panic robbing me of breath, making one giant effort to cry out. The random explosions every few minutes didn't help me get my head together.

Today has not been a restful day.