I'm sad...

My headphones died. Really, really badly. First, the the inside of the actually earpluggy things came out, so I had to tape them together. Then the wire-y bit inside came out. Then it died.

I just downloaded a bunch of new music too. So unhappy. :(

I'm also sad because the Roman family I have been following have died. I'm so upset I could actually cry. Okay, maybe not cry, but I was still quite sad. They practically TAUGHT ME LATIN. It was just the little kid's birthday, for christ's sake!! He can't DIE after his birthday! And the worst thing is that I thought they were going to be okay...

Here's the translation:

(Caecilius's final words)

'ego te iubeo. de vita mea despero. Metella et Quintus perierunt. nunc ego mortiturus.'

Caecilius, postquam Clementi anulum suum tradit, statim exspiriat.

'I give you orders. I despair of my life. Metella and Quintus are dead. Now I die.'

Caecilius, after he gave the ring to Clemens, soon died.

WTF!? How could his death be so ABRUPT? It wasn't even a HAPPY ending! His family died in a VOLCANO. This is how they described the volcano:

in urbe pavor maximus erat. cinis iam densior incidebat. flammae ubique erant.

In the city there was a massive panic. The dust cloud was falling more densely. There were flames everywhere.

I don't want to think about them dying in FLAMES. They were so HAPPY before. Metella had just gone shopping for her son's birthday!! And the story makes you think they'll be alright. Before they were talking about how certain Caecilius was about his family being okay, and then they made a big fuss about him looking for them. And then he died. Very, very abruptly.

And that's only Caecilius and Metella and Quintus. I don't even want to think about Grumio, and Poppea, and Melissa, etc. Grumip and Poppea had just gotten together. What if one of them died too? That would be HORRIBLE!

Okay, maybe I'm getting a bit into the story. But I've been following them for a MONTH and they just DIED on me. This is the family who taught me all the Latin I know. I know our teacher's going to try to replace them with another family, but who knows? Something bad could happen to them too, and then TWO FAMILIES would have died! THEN what would happen!?

I'm quite upset by this. And by my headphones's (?) death. I've been through 4 in a year. Maybe I should start looking after them better. Hmm....