I heard from Tara. She's safe, and as sound as can be under the circumstances.

I'm relieved and thankful and glad. But I'm also horrified and profoundly sad and confused and in shock.

I don't understand why this happened. Palestinians are celebrating and dancing in the streets, and I don't understand that, either. I just don't understand how this could all be happening.

Locally, rumors have been flying around that gas prices already shot up to over $3 per gallon, and people rushed to the pumps. They even had to have police directing traffic at the gas stations. Turns out it was just a rumor, gas prices haven't risen yet, and they're only expected to rise by 25 to 50 cents.

In less surreal and scary news, I took my first test of the semester this morning, in Abnormal Psych. Concentrating on it wasn't easy, but I'm pretty sure I passed.