This past weekend seems to have decided that it wanted to put to use what crisis management I have experienced over the past 2 weeks or however long ago the speech on Japan was. Without going in to too many details on topic that I have no right to talk about, there were 3 events that happened between Thursday, and today. The one that affected my sleep the least was the death of my cousin and close friend, if that puts in to perspective how difficult the other two were. I also feel as though I have to a degree let this group down, and I apologize for that. I missed both the meeting on Friday, as well as the one as 2 pm today due to these events. Although I was able to get the bare minimum of my part done for both this project as well as in the homework/projects for other classes, I did not give my full effort towards it.
After thinking it over though, I feel as though I did make a mistake. I knew the death of my cousin was coming, as he had been given weeks to live after recently being diagnosed with cancer which had fully spread. I did not however, prepare for the worst case scenario of such an early passing and while I regret it, I have come to terms with it. Luckily I was able to say my goodbyes to him the last time I saw him, knowing that it would likely be just that, the last time. The other situations, while they were harder to prepare for. I feel as though I could have handled them in such a way, that I could have given my fullest effort towards the group.
All in all, after thinking things through for the day, and eventually getting over my own bad mood. I realized that I had failed to comprehend just how many different ways that crisis management can come in to play. This may seem like the tired ramblings of someone who is posting their blog far too late, but despite how miserable the weekend was. I learned something that I will never forget.
-John Heritage
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