Earthquake
Monday, May 12, 2008
I can now add earthquake to my list of life experiences.
To our family and friends, we are safe and well.
Hubs was at the office when it happened and felt nothing although the building across was shaking and people were flooding out of it like molten chocolate. One wonders what kind of super duper foundation thingamajig is anchoring the building Hubs works in.
Sonny-boy apparently didn't feel anything at school either. But then again, you know how boys are when they are playing, it's like an earthquake anyway.
As for me, I had just returned from yoga and was taking a breather on the couch when it happened. It was an especially tiring session with my head suspended upside down for quite a bit which made me light headed. So when I felt some kind of movement, I thought
i) I was tripping from the yoga; or
ii) I was having one of my dizzy spells
But no, the building was shaking real bad and the hanging lamps in the living and dining areas were swaying from side to side. I made my way gingerly to the windows and could see people milling out. Rightly or wrongly, I stayed put and called Hubs. After a short conversation, I quickly packed up all our passports and important paperwork into my bag and waited in the hallway. I was going to make a run for it if another wave of tremours began. And as cliched as it might sound, I kept thinking of Hubs and Sonny-boy with all sorts of wild scenarios flashing through my mind.
Thank goodness it never arrived nor did the situation escalate.
Oh, and a more relieved mum there never was when I picked Sonny-boy up from the school bus later that afternoon. I might have hugged him that much tighter.
The Dutchess of Cookalot whipped this up at 6:14 am
Hope you feel better now.
: May 12, 2008 10:43 amRachel: I am still rattled and threw up a few times since this afternoon. I remember thinking to myself in the hallway, please, don't let me die this way (ie, alone and crushed by a building)... *blush*
If there ever was a time I wanted my husband and son next to me, it was this afternoon, for sure.
oh poor you, are you feeling slightly better now? Take good care ok.
