i'm okay....

so i guess today is deserving of an update...i know that i have been neglecting my blog...and for the three of you that read it....sorry...i have very little time these days to just relax and reflect...i do a lot of thinking about blogging and not a lot of actually doing it....but the events of today make me want to get this up there...

anyway...you may know that i am a student at UT austin...today i was on campus during an odd situation that is the nightmare of every college kids parent....there was an armed shooter on campus...i happened to be in class....taking an exam when we got the first text message update that there was an armed suspect on campus at the library...i finished my test...and walked into the main hall of my building...as they were locking all of the doors...we could move about the building but were on lock-down...the kids who were in my class all went to the computer lab in the basement of our building...i did homework...the rest of them got on the local news sites to get live feeds and updates as to what was going on...

it was amazing to watch the news spread...one of my classmates said she got a facebook message from her friend who is on some sort of mission trip in Africa somewhere asking if she was ok less than an hour after we were put on lock-down...

the whole situation was very surreal...helicopters buzzing the buildings...cops running by the windows and tanks rolling down the street....weird...i was surprised actually that i was affected by it as i was in a computer lab about 4 blocks north of the situation...but it really just....as i put it to a friend later in the day...tinted everything a slightly different color...i really did feel off the rest of the day...

it is always sad when something like this happens...and it will draw many of my classmates closer together...and generally the whole campus...and it also makes me realize that there are still people out there not getting the help that they need...if you need help...don't be afraid to ask...it's okay