Quake!
I started the morning with an EARTHQUAKE. First time for me. There's no earthquakes back home, and I've gone almost a year in Japan without experiencing a real one. Then I was woken up at 8:40 or so this morning with my room shaking, things falling off my shelves, and generally feeling like my apartment was suddenly sitting on a wobbly table that was rocking back and forth. I wasn't awake enough for much of a reaction beyond "Guh? WTF?" So I just crawled out of bed, sat on the floor in the doorway between my bedroom and living room, and waited it out for a minute or so thinking "Huh, this is weird. But kinda cool. Hope nothing breaks." (I know, I don't understand my brains sometimes. Emotionally stressful events like leaving home? Gigantic trauma to the point where I'm getting physically ill. SRS BZNS like a freaking earthquake? "Oh, an earthquake? Cool. Look at those toys fall off my shelf." WTF, BRAIN.)
About 15 minutes after the quake was over, someone was ringing my doorbell. Turned out to be one of the ladies from the office who lives near me. She came over with her son to make sure I was okay. Nice to know that if we DO have a giant horrible quake, I might not be totally screwed. This one wasn't HUGE (not even close to what China had a few weeks ago), but it reached pretty far. I'm still feeling little trembly aftershocks now and then. Guess Godzilla or the giant fish under Japan are restless today.
About 15 minutes after the quake was over, someone was ringing my doorbell. Turned out to be one of the ladies from the office who lives near me. She came over with her son to make sure I was okay. Nice to know that if we DO have a giant horrible quake, I might not be totally screwed. This one wasn't HUGE (not even close to what China had a few weeks ago), but it reached pretty far. I'm still feeling little trembly aftershocks now and then. Guess Godzilla or the giant fish under Japan are restless today.