Writing prompt : The sun rose today , but has n't set ...

**JOURNAL ENTRY - DAY ONE** 
 
 They said on the news creating a journal will give us a sense of time. That it will be important to catalog our days, so that we have a sense of time, because as we all now know - time has stopped. Just a few days ago the Earth *actually* stood still. It's still revolving around the sun, the scientists say, but now three days in and the daytime has n't ended. 
 
 I guess, if you're reading this in the future and are n't me, you might not know what I'm talking about. Well, one day the Earth just stopped rotating. We all remember where we were when we found out. I was asleep. About one in the afternoon and I was dead to the world when my phone rang. It was a good buddy of mine, the head surgeon of the hospital I worked the night shift at. He was frantic, said they had a surge of failed suicides flooding in, so it was all hands on deck. 
 
 You see, most people would think that people would n't notice that the day was n't ending when night did n't come. That was n't the case. People noticed by around eleven AM. The sun just hung in the same spot, so it really only took people an hour to notice. Hell, some people still used to tell the time by the position of the sun. 
 
 Of course, I did n't pay attention to the news and, when my friend called, he assumed I already knew. I did n't know anything was really wrong until I was rushing towards the hospital to lend a hand. Just about everyone I knew in the neighborhood was home. When you see that in the middle of the workday, you get a feeling of unease. Seemed all the neighbors were talking to each other... some giving skyward glances. I would peek up from my drivers seat as I drove and see nothing but the sun and some clouds. When I started dreaming of some meteors, I turned on the radio to get the news. 
 
 Apparently it had n't taken long for them to scramble together the experts. They were on the talk show being broadcast. They were talking about the future ramifications if the Earth continued to not move. A few minutes in and the announcer clarified that, for those tuning in, the Earth was no longer rotating and our side was facing the sun. ( The other side, of course, would be in the longest night of their lives. ) 
 
 I was rapt with the coverage on the radio as I drove. I suddenly understood what was going on when my friend called. Speaking of that conversation, it was the last I would ever have with him. I was fortunate to still be a few miles off when the earthquake hit. It was the most violent force I had ever felt up to that point in my life. Many buildings, including the hospital, were reduced to rubble. 
 
 Where I lived, Vermont... had n't had an earthquake in over a hundred years. The longest day of my life had just begun.
