Earthquakes and Covid-19

As if the Covid-19 pandemic wasn't enough, yesterday morning Utah was jolted by an earthquake. I haven't felt an earthquake that big since I had to hide under my kitchen table as a little girl in the big San Fransisco earthquake of 1989. It was moderate in size but BIG for Utah. Luckily no one (that I know of) was displaced from their home and everyone was safe.

I had a hard time falling asleep that night. My emotions were all over the place with what was going on in the world and things changing hour by hour. I prayed hard to Heavenly Father. I prayed that we could stay safe, not have any natural disasters and how grateful I was for our home, electricity and running water. I finally fell asleep and woke up to my whole bed shaking just after 7:00 am. It almost felt like a dream or like someone was shaking me awake. In seconds I realized it was an earthquake, hopped out of bed and started to make my way to Beckham who was in the basement watching cartoons. Then I would grab Brielle once Beckham was above ground with us! Our whole house was shaking. Before I could even get to the stairs, Beckham was running up the stairs yelling " Its an earthquake! Yep! Its an earthquake!" He was yelling in an scared and excited voice all at once. The earthquake was over by the time he reached the top of the stairs and we both just stared at each other and kind of laughed. Poor kid had his hand over his heart because it was beating so fast but was still grinning ear to ear because he just felt his first earthquake! It was less than a min long but felt like forever and its crazy all the thoughts that can rush through your head in that short amount of time. Brielle didn't come out of her room, so I figured she slept through it. When she woke up she told me she felt it and jumped out of bed. She saw her shutters shaking and her IKEA metal 3-tier cart moving around. I was happy we had earthquake proofed her huge bookshelf to the wall when we put it up a few months ago! She said it ended so she just went back to sleep. Funny girl! 

Chase was driving home from the station in Orem so he did not feel the earthquake and felt gipped. He had always wanted to feel an earthquake. I hate earthquakes so I told him I would trade places with him anyway. It was a long two days without him in a crazy world and I was so happy when he walked through the door! I was texting and Marco Poloing with my SLC friends and Breque in Mountain Green. The earthquake was felt all throughout the Wasatch front. Angel Moroni even broke and his trumpet fell. That made me sad. But this earthquake quickly made me even more grateful for my home, health, power, water and my loved ones. Maybe this earthquake happened to give us that perspective even more, or maybe it was just a coincidence with really bad timing. 

We have enough food and water for a while. We don't have a ton of toilet paper but Im not worried if we run out. We have a bidet! Lol. I am so happy I stocked up on kids Motrin and a few other pharmacy essentials last week because all kids medicine is GONE! My kids both had strep and stomach flu last week so we needed more meds. Im grateful they were sick last week and not this week. I hunted for flour again at three different stores yesterday, no luck. But I did call the Bosch Kitchen Store and they said they got a shipment last night after they closed. If I go right when they open this morning I will be able to buy flour! My friend Britnee Fullmer gave me a sourdough start and has been walking me through bread making over the phone. No better time to learn! 

Despite the crazy day and the bad weather, the rain stopped for a bit and we were able to get outside as a family. We rode our bikes to Timp Park, the kids played, Chase threw the frisbee with Brielle and the football with Beckham. We breathed in fresh air and looked at the beautiful snow capped mountains. We are still not sure what the future holds, if things will get better or worse anytime soon, but we have been reminded of what's important. Each other. 

(I included some news headlines to remember what we had to wake up to and go to bed to everyday. The world had changed drastically a matter of days.)