Stuff that is happening
I ordered all my textbooks from various places online, and they're starting to come in. This book right here? Map porn. Just flipping through it makes me swoony.
I spoke briefly to Mom today. She's doing okay, they had to juggle her meds around a bit but she was feeling good and not too dopey. She sounded sleepy but that's cos she'd been sleeping :( I told her to not think of it like she'd been injured, but rather that God was giving her lots of time to knit and to have other people take care of her for a change. My brother is all like, who's gonna cook for meeeeeee? And he's worried; he is familiar with hospital stays and they're sucky, and Mom is going to be in the hospital for at least a week, and then several more weeks at a rehab place. She's up for surgery tomorrow.
Upon further reflection on the other traumatic event of yesterday, I've decided that I'm less scared of earthquakes now than I was before. I know all the socal folks think it was a big pile of no big deal, but we don't get that sort of thing and I really didn't have much idea of the scale between "ground sorta vibrates, you barely notice it" and "stuff shakes around a lot but no big deal" and "OH GOD OH GOD WE'RE ALL GONNA ACTUALLY DIE." Standard buildings seem to be able to handle a 5.9; this is good to know!
I spoke briefly to Mom today. She's doing okay, they had to juggle her meds around a bit but she was feeling good and not too dopey. She sounded sleepy but that's cos she'd been sleeping :( I told her to not think of it like she'd been injured, but rather that God was giving her lots of time to knit and to have other people take care of her for a change. My brother is all like, who's gonna cook for meeeeeee? And he's worried; he is familiar with hospital stays and they're sucky, and Mom is going to be in the hospital for at least a week, and then several more weeks at a rehab place. She's up for surgery tomorrow.
Upon further reflection on the other traumatic event of yesterday, I've decided that I'm less scared of earthquakes now than I was before. I know all the socal folks think it was a big pile of no big deal, but we don't get that sort of thing and I really didn't have much idea of the scale between "ground sorta vibrates, you barely notice it" and "stuff shakes around a lot but no big deal" and "OH GOD OH GOD WE'RE ALL GONNA ACTUALLY DIE." Standard buildings seem to be able to handle a 5.9; this is good to know!