Earthquake

August's Earthquake was far and away the physically scariest thing I've ever been through.  It struck in the middle of the night.  Percy was in bed with me and awoke about half way though as our bed shifted over a foot while the light cover above us shattered and the armour fell against it.  Upstairs was much less impacted.  Patrick slept through most of it and was shocked to find out it had been such a big one.  Trajan slept all the way though and Hadrian sat up at the end but went right back to sleep.  Which, once we knew we and our neighbors were all okay is what Patrick and I did too.  All five of us in the kid's room.  The one place where everything seemed normal.

And a few days latter, here is the after picture.  All back to normal.  We have only a mismatch of stemware, and in general much fewer breakable things (as expected, its the old family pieces and gifts from our loved ones who have passed on that we miss the most), a small hole in one wall from the piano, a few cracks in the drywall, but a much better perspective on how fortunate we are to have each other - and a lingering gratefulness for our reliable infrastructure, that had power, gas, and water all working in a very short time.  

And despite all the calls, texts, and emails we received lamenting our timing - earthquake and all, we're glad to be back in Napa!