earthquake!

we have had two earthquakes in the past couple weeks. one was a pretty good sized one not too far from us. we felt the first one, which was smaller, because we were awake when it happened. we are far enough away that it was just a gentle rumble. everyone keeps talkng about the big one and how we are due for it and im thinking that im terrified. earthquakes arent like hurricanes or tornadoes, both of which ive been through and am not too scared by. mostly because you have notice. with a hurricane it is usually days and tornadoes hours but still. earthquakes are just here and then gone, leaving death and destruction in their wake. ok so no one dies or was even hurt by the two we have had recently but still. the most ironic thing about this earthquake is we had an earthquake drill already scheduled for the school on friday. so at least if it happens during 8-5 i know what to do. find a doorway!!!!!!

in other happier news, jeremy and rojelio, the apartment manager, are at home depot right now buying us a new air con. so when the temperature goes into the 110s this week, we wont die. and neither will cosmo and roxie. also, we saw our first hummingbird since we bought our new feeder. over a year ago, when my lavender was still alive, they used to come and suck on those flowers. a while ago we bought a feeder that is hanging on the deck and this morning we saw our first one. hopefully he went and told all his friends so we get more.

yesterday we spent the day cleaning out the hall closet. kim is organizing a garage sale co-op so we have been getting piles of stuff to sell together. even though we dont have that much stuff, we definitely ave some crap that we are ready to unload. we watched clean sweep on tlc at the same time to inspire us. we also went through our dvds and vhs (yes we still own vhs...) and xbox games. i am excited to get rid of all this stuff. after helping two of our friends move, we are ready to really pare down before we move next. no need to cart this stuff across the country right? peter walsh would be proud.

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