Together we can shoot the moon, stop the rain, even ride a hurricane if we wanna.
Well, it's been a crazy few days. I will try to sum it up and make it as short as I can. Basically... Sunday afternoon I rushed home because the campus was starting to clear out because of Hurricane Sandy. We lost power from Monday night until Wednesday night. I came back to campus Wednesday afternoon. Luckily, the campus was fine and we had power. Classes resumed yesterday (ugh). My house was fine, no damage, one tree fell, my family is okay. Thank god. My aunt is still out of power but her family stayed at my house last night and I don't know when they're leaving.
I feel better knowing I'm okay at school but parts of my town still don't have power and there is a lot of damage that needs to be fixed. New Jersey is out of gas. I am lucky that I made it back to school and was able to get a ride. Others are not as lucky. There are still people from NJ, NY, and other areas affected that can't make it back until the end of the weekend or maybe even later. This hurricane was bad. We can joke about it all we want but it affected people a lot more than expected. The Jersey Shore was destroyed. I have so many memories of going there every summer. I know it will be fixed by the time summer comes but it still won't be the same. The NJ/NY area is in devastation. The actual storm may be over but the aftermath of it is even worse. I am still feeling disoriented and I'm no longer in the area anymore.
The hurricane hit me a lot harder than I thought it would emotionally. Yeah, I was desperate without power and electricity. I was bored. I was upset for stupid reasons. But I realized that it's all pathetic. Everything else is pathetic. The computer, the TV, even electricity itself. The problems I was facing beforehand were so petty that I don't even care about them anymore. People at school gave me such crap when they heard I went home. They said, "Why did you go home to NJ? It was so bad there!" I KNOW THAT. I WAS AWARE! I'm not stupid for god sakes!! Despite the loss of power and electricity, I was glad I went home. I bonded with my family and we suffered through this together. I would have rather been in the situation I was in than sit in my apartment alone with power. It sounds so unlike me, but I do not regret my decision one bit. I realized that I'm so lucky to have such a great family and to be able to spend time with them during the storm was priceless. So, next time someone asks me why I went home I'll say in my head, FUCK YOU. I stood by my hometown through all of this and we suffered together. There are still some wounded parts of the area affected by Sandy, but we WILL get through this!!! By the time I get home, things will be better. The hurt won't go way, but that is a part of the experience in itself.
I feel better knowing I'm okay at school but parts of my town still don't have power and there is a lot of damage that needs to be fixed. New Jersey is out of gas. I am lucky that I made it back to school and was able to get a ride. Others are not as lucky. There are still people from NJ, NY, and other areas affected that can't make it back until the end of the weekend or maybe even later. This hurricane was bad. We can joke about it all we want but it affected people a lot more than expected. The Jersey Shore was destroyed. I have so many memories of going there every summer. I know it will be fixed by the time summer comes but it still won't be the same. The NJ/NY area is in devastation. The actual storm may be over but the aftermath of it is even worse. I am still feeling disoriented and I'm no longer in the area anymore.
The hurricane hit me a lot harder than I thought it would emotionally. Yeah, I was desperate without power and electricity. I was bored. I was upset for stupid reasons. But I realized that it's all pathetic. Everything else is pathetic. The computer, the TV, even electricity itself. The problems I was facing beforehand were so petty that I don't even care about them anymore. People at school gave me such crap when they heard I went home. They said, "Why did you go home to NJ? It was so bad there!" I KNOW THAT. I WAS AWARE! I'm not stupid for god sakes!! Despite the loss of power and electricity, I was glad I went home. I bonded with my family and we suffered through this together. I would have rather been in the situation I was in than sit in my apartment alone with power. It sounds so unlike me, but I do not regret my decision one bit. I realized that I'm so lucky to have such a great family and to be able to spend time with them during the storm was priceless. So, next time someone asks me why I went home I'll say in my head, FUCK YOU. I stood by my hometown through all of this and we suffered together. There are still some wounded parts of the area affected by Sandy, but we WILL get through this!!! By the time I get home, things will be better. The hurt won't go way, but that is a part of the experience in itself.