it was an earthquake early friday morning, a BIG one for around here anyway. it was so big that it was the LEAD STORY on the NATIONAL NIGHTLY NEWS on friday night. maybe there weren’t any other stories out there. it was kind of funny to read accounts of the earthquake in the paper, because people said things like “things shook a whole bunch and i sure never want to have to go through THAT again!” things SHOOK, mind you, they didn’t even fall. i guess because we rarely have earthquakes of any magnitude around here, people are frightened of them because…things shake.
they played some footage of a newscast later in the day on friday, when they were asking people how they felt, and there was an aftershock. a couple of people ran out of the room, and i thought, i wonder where they think they’re going. are they going to outrun the earthquake, maybe?
this make me think about the last big LA earthquake, in 1994 – i wasn’t living in LA at the time, i was living in austin, …but i remember that parts of freeways collapsed and buildings fell and people were killed. 10 billion dollars worth of damage. what if you were driving down the freeway and it suddenly COLLAPSED? and you weren’t in a movie, but in real life?
on the news after friday’s southern illinois earthquake, they showed footage of bricks that had fallen off buildings. not quite the same.
the really alarming news is that there’s a 99% chance of a great big major earthquake in california in the next 30 years. this is yet another reason i’m glad i’m not living there anymore.
after all the EARTHQUAKE EXCITEMENT on friday, i spent most of saturday in bed. after feeling on friday like i was getting a cold, i suddenly wasn’t able to get out of bed at all on saturday, and i slept about 15 hours. i feel better today, but not so great, yet we still spent large parts of the day putting things in boxes. i thought we had a general plan about packing stuff up, but now there are boxes and plastic containers in every room, and stuff scattered all over the place and it’s pretty much chaos around here. honey the cat is delighted by this; whenever i empty a bookcase or get out another box, she jumps in, and she’s been racing up and down the hall all day.
mollie, on the other hand, was lying on our bed with a pitifully sad look on her face, because since we were doing all this packing she was sure we were going away for a long time and abandoning her. luckily we took her with us when we made trips to mom and dad’s with all the stuff, and that cheered her up a lot. plus she got treats when she was there.
i was going to post some more “victor/victoria” photos tonight because i took a bunch more, but now i can’t find them. did i delete them? i know they were on somebody’s computer, but now they’re not. they were good photos, too. maybe they will magically re-appear tomorrow, when i’m rested and thinking more clearly. there was a good picture of bev wearing a gold dress that reminds me of princess leia. in this photo she and her daughter erin are wearing their identical black wigs and they look like TWINS. damn, i hope those photos aren’t lost forever.
I’m being very optimistic that i think i’m going to be well-rested tomorrow; i’ve been waking up at about 2 in the morning for the past few night, and staying wide awake for at least a couple of hours. this combined with being sick is not fun at all. it especially sucks to be sick on saturday.
maybe i’ll take that nyquil cold&flu formula that kevin bought for me yesterday. i don’t really feel like i need it, because i don’t have most of the symptoms listed on the bottle, but it would be great to sleep all night through. last night when i couldn’t sleep and was getting really bored being awake just lying there, i went through all the dances in “victor/victoria” and was pleased that i could remember them. i’m sure remembering them will come in handy someday. at least it must mean that my early-onset dementia isn’t as bad as i usually think it is.
ok then, i hope monday is tolerable for you,
sunday night grace.