It's a bit after midnight and I'm all alone-well I have the dog pushing against my leg, wimpering, but basically I'm all alone. And there was just a big earthquake, which woke me up out of a sound sleep brought on by a day spent walking the streets of San Jose.
I bolted from the bed, stepping on the water glass which had crashed and broken on the floor when the quake tumbled it off. I was under the bedroom doorway before I was even totally awake-Dobbie at my side shaking as hard as the house.
It was a sharp quake, not a roller. One that caused the house to thump up and down like a monster was stomping on the ground outside. My youth, spent in Los Angeles, served me well as my body knew just what to do..get under a doorway.
I haven't been here very long and don't really know anybody well enough to think they might check on me. Or I might check on them. Fortunately my #2 son, Russ, was online and I was able to chat with him as I decompressed from the shock of the quake. I am so glad he was there as I am on the verge of freaking out!
I know there are lots of quakes here in Costa Rica. My sis told me about one she was in that made her run out of a hotel in her PJ's only to discover she was the only person who did so. I just can't be blaze' about earthquakes though..not after so many of them in my childhood.
Freaky-I doubt I'll get much more sleep.
edit I did get back to sleep and was just a bit late getting into San Jose. No one on the bus was talking about the quake at all-not in San Jose. I checked the quake reporting site and discovered the quake epicenter was just 10 Km away which is pretty close. Near the Volcan Poas it seems.
Hmmmmmm.
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