Home!

My travels were good and it's so good to be home. Sher was supposed to be away for two more weeks and her schedule changed at the last moment and she's home too! We're both jetlagged and that's fine. Bill went shopping for us and turned up the heat on the spa. He's fixing dinner for us tonight. I walked to the store and got milk and ice cream. Home. Simple mundane wonderful things. It's so good to be home!

Great Shakes!

That was the best earthquake I've felt at home. I was in my water bed, which shook very nicely. After we looked at all the neat computer generated analysis Sher asked "what would we do without our computers?" and I realized I should call my Mom. She was out walking her dog and didn't feel it, despite being only 9 miles away. I also called my sister who lives in Borrego Springs, very close to the epicenter. She was up on a ladder repainting her bathroom! Her pets freaked out and she was still shaking 20 minutes after the quake. Like us, she had gone to her computer first, but appreciated my thinking of her. The drive to get information and reassurance is fundamental. The web is now our first source, but it doesn't replace human contact.