Not a fan...

Not a fan of Hurricanes, not a fan at all...

Being from Michigan I put little thought into hurricane's. Sure I hear about them forming, where they're expected to hit and so on. And I say a prayer for people living there but that's it. Out of sight, out of mind. While not this time. Unless you live under a rock, chances are you've heard about Hurricane Gustav this week. It's like the second biggest Hurricane of the 08 season. Currently it's a category 4 storm and it's supposed to hit Louisiana, and hit it hard. I again would normally not think a whole lot about this, however my sister is currently there. Along with her boyfriend, his family, thier home, and their farm and cattle. And while we all go on doing whatever we want, life for them as well as the rest of their town and the surrounding areas has changed. As of 12:30 tomorrow afternoon there are being evacuated from their homes because where they live is going to take a direct hit. Chances are they along with lots of other people that live there are going to lose everything. Their house took a hit during Hurricane Katrina and it's very unlikely that the house can withstand another storm. It's so crazy because I want so badly to be there to help them out somehow but I'm here and they are there. Plus they aren't really letting people fly there at the moment since they are trying to get everyone out of the storm. All I can do is pray, and ask that you will do the same.

I can't even begin to imagine leaving my home knowing that there is a chance that I might not see it again.

For someone who claims to be in-decisive, I've been making decisions like a pro...

In less that a weeks time I made changes to my schedule for the whole year, registered for extra classes at JCC, signed up for a cross cultural trip, and I even picked a paint color for my new room.

Schedule/classes- Upon learning that I have 4-5 classes to take for grad school that I wasn't planning on, I have had to re-vamp my schedule for the next 2 years. And now that I know what I'm doing I have some classes (religion/Core 200, 274/5, 300, and 400) to fit in somewhere. I'm now a student at 3 schools taking classes when/wherever I can fit them in. Spring Arbor gets me my degree and JCC and LCC get me my extra classes to finish in the next 1.5-2 years. Not that the idea of being a college student til I'm 25 doesn't appeal to me... But I'd kinda like to finish up undergrad soon so I can study Occupational Therapy.

Cross Cultural Trip- Fingers still kinda crosses on this one but as long as the registar's office approves it I'm all signed up and am starting to pay my bill for a trip to Cambodia :) So that I can eat rice in another country (according to my mother...)

Change is a good thing, but I do enjoy having a plan.

I have two more years of undergraduate school and I'll be completing them at (drumroll please...) Spring Arbor! After lots of praying, many a conversation with the rents, and a few other factors ($23,500 a yr tuition. no financial aid. and an overload of classes to finish my undergrad by next may) I have made my decision and I couldn't be happier. While a change of pace would have been nice, not to mention only 3.5 more years til I'd have my Masters in O.T. It just wasn't for me at this time. It's one of my top schools right now for Masters work. So for now the only big change is in my housing... I will not be moving back to school but instead down the hall as I am upgrading to a much BIGGER room. I decided that since I live a whopping 3.5 minutes from the school why not save some money that I don't have and commute. (While that and I kinda sorta need/must HAVE my own kitchen due to crazy foods that I can/can't eat.) Because of this new room I will be living in I now have a large amount of hangout space so people are going to need to come and visit me.