Down time…
FNC’s Clarissa Ward writes about unwinding after being in Badhdad…
Today, I am back in Beirut. I have spent all day spoiling myself and trying to feel feminine again. I went to the hairdresser, had a manicure and pedicure, and then went and spent too much money on clothes I will probably never wear. I rounded up the afternoon with a bath and then a nap.
Perhaps this intensive pampering is a perverse reaction to witnessing the suffering and violence and devastation of a war zone. Yet for me it is absolutely essential. It’s the only way for me to ease myself back into my world. And you can’t stay too long in the other world, the Baghdad world. Quite simply, it will break you.
Wow! But I thought the surge was going wonderfully?!?!?? General Petraeus can drive around in an unarmored Humvee right? Right?
Comment by Shaun — March 30, 2007 @ 3:02 pm
Hey Shaun… you might need to realize that the definition of success isn’t necessarily being about to go out about town and shop for your Kashi Go-Lean. For you that may be great… but some places, it’s a big step to feel a little safer. Get a grip.
Comment by ImNotBlue — March 31, 2007 @ 1:16 pm