The Earthquake on Tuesday was definitely my favorite part of the week. I am an Earth Science geek, so words can't describe how awesome it was to feel my very first earthquake. Thankfully, no one was hurt and there wasn't any major damage in our area. I didn't even realize it was an earthquake at first. I was taking medicine to prepare for the medical procedure the next day, so I was lying on the couch feeling a little nauseous. I felt the couch start shaking and thought maybe Lulu was crawling behind the couch shaking it. My husband called me a little while later and asked, "How'd you like that earthquake?" I still couldn't believe it was an earthquake, here in Virginia?! East coast quakes are so incredibly rare, and I felt one! Awesome! :)
Not only did the kids and I get to experience our first earthquake together, we also got to experience our first hurricane evacuation together. I had to sortie a couple times when I was in the Navy stationed in Mayport, FL, but I don't really call that an evacuation. It's completely different when the choice is left up to you, especially when your husband had to leave on the ship, leaving you to prepare your home and your family all by yourself. That was the worst part; not having him here to make me feel safe and to make the decisions. Being from Tampa, I knew what his decision would be; he would have stayed. But it's amazing how vulnerable I feel when he is not here. I went back and forth numerous times on whether or not we should leave. In the end, I knew it would give my family peace of mind and I knew I could never live with myself if something happened to the kids and I could have prevented it, so we left. My neighbor insisted that we evacuate with her to her parents' house Northwest of Richmond, VA. So, that's what we did. The power went out all the way over there, but luckily they had a generator, so it wasn't too bad. We returned home yesterday morning and I was so relieved to find my home just as I had left it. The only damage was to the gate on our fence, and our backyard was a mess due to all the trees back there, but that is it. We are incredibly fortunate. We even had power, and our neighbors across the street did not. I immediately went to work cleaning up the back yard. It took about three hours and I ended up with a huge pile of sticks and 10 big bags full of leaves. It was strange raking up leaves in the yard in 90+ degree heat! I'm used to doing it in the chill of Autumn.
Thankfully, that week is over and a new one is about to begin. E-Ray was supposed to have his first football scrimmage this past Saturday, but that was obviously cancelled due to hurricane Irene, so it should be rescheduled for this week sometime. I can't wait to see my little man play football for the first time!! We are also looking forward to some excellent company over Labor Day Weekend. My friend whose husband I mentioned in an earlier post just deployed to Afghanistan will be here with her kids for the weekend. Her birthday is Wednesday, so I'm hoping to get a girls' night out planned so that we can celebrate and let loose for a little while. She lives down at Camp Lejeune and was without power for 2 days, cooped up with her kids thanks to hurricane Irene, so she definitely needs a little break!
If you felt the Earthquake and/or were affected by hurricane Irene, I'd love to hear your story! Leave a comment if you'd like. :)
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We were evacuated from the Bahamas on aC-130. We had to spend five days in Florida before we could go back because of how they lined up the flights (plus a couple mechanical problems in the middle of that). Our island was spared the worst of it, though, so it was with relief that we saw that our house was just as we left it.
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