Life

Wow! We finally got our tuition bill, but still no financial aid information. Financial aid would be helpful for buying books too, but I already ordered mine so that I could get them cheaper on half.com. It is frustrating to not know how much aid I am going to be getting. Some of us have bills to pay! Anyway, I am still waiting patiently for classes to start.

On another note...I am very thankful that I was not injured in yesterday's tornado. Thank you to everybody that called or wrote to check on me. I would like to say that what I witnessed yesterday was truly amazing. I watched an F4 tornado pass right over me yet destroy the shopping center right next to where I was. I volunteered at the hospital afterwards and listened to people's stories. Some people were in their cars and got spun around and slammed on the ground. Some people were in their houses and threw their loved ones on the floor and covered them with their own bodies to protect them as their house was leveled around them. Some people were in the shopping center that was destroyed and had to be transferred to a bigger trauma center. Everyone was scared, but the way everybody pulled together was truly uplifting.

I know this is my OT journey and this isn't about OT, but this is about my life journey. This entire situation has taught me something. We may think we are in charge of our lives then something like this happens and it shows us who is truly in charge.