So I found out today that when I show up to classes next year at the College of Education, I will actually be able to get credits for it. My letter from grad school came in the mail today... YAY! So after signing a lease, planning my life around an extra year here, and basically refusing to believe that I could do anything other than stay here with you all-- I can plan on actually getting my Masters Degree.
My other news today is that I may have to become a pirate. My right eye is either terribly infected or scratched and either way, keeping it open is a struggle. Driving today was especially fun, but it had to be done. The funny thing is that my eye is escpecially sensitive to light... imagine this if you will: I had to wear my glasses because obviously my contacts were not an option. However, I also needed to wear sunglasses. So I wore both. That's right, sunglasses right over my glasses- It looked cool. I must say it is feeling better than it was earlier today... but the idea of becoming a pirate and wearing an eyepatch is still an option (really, even if my eye gets completely better it would still be cool.)
So now I have to give you guys something serious to read. There isn't anything to say, but it has to be mentioned. What happened at Virginia Tech is ridiculous and is really weighing on my mind. As soon as I stop thinking about it, I turn the TV on or someone randomly makes a comment about the event. I just cannot imagine what would make a person do this, and yet it keeps happening. The things that we have seen happen in our generation is something new to this world... and it is something scary. The fact that someone our age would want to end the lives of other people and his own life absolutely blows my mind. After Columbine I remember being shocked... and now this. It is always people right around our age. It scares me to think of what will be happening when we are all grown up and running the world. Something is obviously wrong with these kids... and what if it is getting worse? What about our kids? What is the world going to be like for them??? It's terrifying and there is nothing I can do but pray for those people and try to focus on the good things in the world. That isn't always easy. And this week it is hard to focus on anything except for the darkness of some peoples' hearts and minds. I am praying for everyone involved and for our generation as a whole- we have already seen too much.
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To start, I would like to say that not only am I upset that I didn't actually get to witness the sunglass/real glasses fiasco, but I do believe that you should do it more often for the rest of our pleasures! Yay for getting into grad school and I love how nonchalant (you should know that I looked up to make sure I was spelling that correctly before I posted it on the Queen of Words blog) we are about the whole thing. You and I signed a lease and planned next year without even knowing about our acceptance or not. Glad you refuse to move on regardless of what UF tells you. And on a sad note, the Virginia Tech thing worries me as well. I don't understand how someone our age could do something so horrific and then comment on how it's not his fault it's the worlds. I hope and pray with all my might that none of us, nor anyone we know, cross paths with someone as deeply disturbed as Cho was. I wouldn't know how to handle such a massacre in my life and I pray that no one close to me ever has to learn how to deal with such a tragedy.
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