Earthquake!

First of all, everyone / everything is A-OK! I managed to sleep through my first earthquake this morning! It was a magnitude 3.6 and the epicenter was about 2 miles from where we live - dad says it's pretty much right under the townhouse they used to live in! I didn't sleep well at all last night - I got up at least 10 times - never really fully waking, but crying for a few minutes before settling down again. Mom had to come in and rub my back a few times. Surprisingly, though, I didn't even stir when the earthquake came through. Mom was up super early because she was going for a run before work, so she was sitting on the couch having a cup of coffee. The earthquake happened at 5:04 am. It got REALLY loud all of the sudden and the pots on the pot rack started shaking. Mom seriously didn't know what it was - she thought it might be a big truck coming down the road or a low flying airplane or the house falling in to a sinkhole (yes, she's aware that's a slightly irrational thought, but it was a strange noise!) or something. Poor Raz was in the kitchen looking at mom with big eyes and a BIG puffy tail. Mom could feel the rumble move from the kitchen to the family room where she was sitting - it was pretty wild! It only lasted maybe 10 seconds, but it felt like forever. When it stopped and mom gathered her nerves, she walked to the bottom of the steps at which point daddy was walking out of the bedroom. At least mom knew she wasn't crazy at that point!!! They stood around and watched the news for a few minutes and that confirmed that an earthquake had just happened. Scary stuff!

I never stirred. When they were reasonably sure that nothing else was going to happen, mom headed out for her run and daddy tried to go back to sleep. Unfortunately, he wasn't able to fall asleep and was still awake when mom got home 40 minutes later :( Mom showered and got me up for school only to discover that I was sleeping on the floor again. This time, though, I wasn't even laying on my Jelly Cat Panda Bear (Thank You Jay and Molly!), but was just on the floor. I guess it's not too bad that mom's only found me on the floor twice since she put me in my big girl bed!

Today was also my last day at school. I start at my new school on Monday. Though she is glad, mom cried when we hugged my friends good bye tonight and I think her teachers thought she was crazy :( Casey and I both told her - "Mommy, no crying" and patted her on the back. We will certainly stay in touch with my friends, but will miss seeing them and their parents every day!!!!!!!