YEAH!!, The "REAL" First Day of School finally arrived. So another Picture had to be taken.
Yes, he's wearing the same outfit, but with the addition of a jacket. Amazingly, even though it is the middle of August, it was a little chilly that morning. Luckily, on the "Real" First Day of School, Marc was able to go with us this time (last week he couldn't). So off to school we went. We dropped Luke off at his classroom, but had trouble getting Grey to leave. He wanted to stay and play with a box of cars that he had found. He cried and cried and cried. I think because of this, Marc and I were distracted, so leaving Luke this year was not emotional like it was last year.
Eventually, Grey calmed down, and I was able to distract him by going to the grocery store. After that, we went home and I worked on sewing a new purse for the Market, while he played. At 11:45 we left to go pick Luke up. After school, we went up to a nearby playground so the boys could play with the Keller boys. Lucas Keller is in Luke's class and has a younger brother, Mathias. We stayed about 45 minutes and were home by 1:00.
Once home, we went about our normal daily routine. I fed the boys lunch, and then put Grey down for a nap at about 1:40.
Then, at 1:51, I had gone back to sewing, when I thought the house started to shake because a large truck must be going by, but NO... we were having an EARTHQUAKE!!! Once I realized what it actually was, I started to run for the door. But crap, I had to get Grey. When I opened the door to his room, he had already woken up because all their toys had fallen off the shelves. I grabbed him and ran out of the house. Luke was already outside, because he had been out on the deck when it started. After we were out and halfway down the deck stairs, I realized none of us had shoes on. So I had to go back inside to get them. While I was inside, I also grabbed my camera and took pics of what the Quake had done.
A LOT of CD's knocked to the floor.
It's funny now, but when I look at these pictures, they really look like my house just about any day that the boys are out of control.
Compared to other pictures I saw on Facebook from our neighbors, our mess was pretty minor. I guess having a house built up on pilings had a little bit of an advantage... our house only touches the ground at 12 specific points, where other people's entire house is in contact with the ground. Therefore, their houses were affected significantly more than ours.
At the time of the quake, I thought the pilings were the worst thing possible for the situation. After that initial quake, I wouldn't go back into the house with the boys until Marc got home. I was terrified that if there were any aftershocks, our house could possibly come off the pilings and crash to the ground.
Marc finally arrived home about 2 hours later. Once he assessed the house to be sure it was sound, we then went back inside to clean up the mess.
So Tuesday, August 23, 2011 turned out to be Quite a Day...
1. "Real" First Day of School
2. Had to wear a Jacket in August
3. We had a FREAKING EARTHQUAKE - a 5.8 magnitude to be exact.
It's now three days later and we have had a number of Aftershocks, the worst being in the early hours of yesterday morning. At about 1:00am we had one that registered at 4.5. Marc and I were up and out of bed, and running for the boys before it started to settle down. I'm sure I'll be a nervous wreck for a few weeks to come.
And now, just a few days after the quake, we're gearing up to weather Hurricane Irene.
Like I posted on Facebook... What's the saying... "Hell hath no Fury like a Woman Scorned"? We must have Seriously Pissed Off Mother Nature this week.
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