Today

So I am sitting here mulling over my rough draft that is due by the end of the week. I don’t know what to write. Will it be good enough? I know I need to clean the house, I have work in both classes that I need to get done, tired of being home 24/7 and plain exhausted although I know I slept last night. Then looking at the TV I see the devastation in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti. My heart cries for the people that have any connection to the area. I wish I were already a physician’s assistant or some other allied healthcare provider who could run to their aid. It’s amazing, I remember getting a CNN breaking news message on the ninth stating that there was a 6.5-magnitude earthquake off the coast of Northern California causing damage and power outages. I am not even sure I heard about it on TV, just a brief message on my phone and that’s the last I have heard of it. Three days later a 7.0 hits Haiti completely devastating the area taking away so many lives.

I am amazed that 5 tenths of a point more did so much more damage. Yet I don’t know that it is solely because of the magnitude that it’s so devastating. I don’t know anything about the area but it probably has a lot to do with the quality of living in the area. I know I am seeing buildings completely demolished by this quake but it does not seem like the quality of their structures is all that great. What I mean is that certain areas of the world could probably hold up better to these quakes than others. I don’t know I am just rambling.

I truly believe deep down that there is a reason for everything. I can only hope and pray that this horrific disaster brings money to the area to not only rebuild structures but make them safer as well.