"When you're in the media, you are the ones going out when there's a storm, a hurricane or an earthquake. You batten down your home, make arrangements with your family (if you have a husband and children), you pack a bag with things for a few days and you head out to the station." When I was told this is year 2 of my 3 year programme by a senior lecturer I was taken aback at first. She went on to tell us how many holidays we may miss with our families, or how we'd have to work around it. I am a very family-oriented person, and although I knew all of this, it still hit me pretty hard. Spending Christmas with my family is so special to me; Staying at home with them during a hurricane and during storms, playing silly games is the norm for me - I asked myself "How can I break away from this way of thinking and embrace the life of the media?" That was last year. On Tuesday, I was told that a Tropical Depression was heading towards Jamaica. I am