Washed away

So today started out quite differently.  I was awakened by a nudge from Sonja asking me to check my phone because it was vibrating.  I check and saw that Uncle Tim had texted me that there was an earthquake in Japan and a tsunami had just hit Hawaii and headed towards us.  I shrugged it off and went back to sleep because I was still tired.  I slept until the alarm went off for Sonja to get up.  Just as I was drifting back to sleep I heard someone running down our wooden sidewalk.  I was half asleep and first thought it part of another dream.  Then I heard the banging and the doorbell ring.  I tried to jump out of bed, but got tangled up in the sheets.  Next was trying to track down some pants in the dark, not as easy as it sounds.  I finally found some and put them on and answered the door.  There was one of the nurses there and she told me that we are in tsunami watch and everyone was being rounded up to the hospital until further notice.  That way everyone was aware of what was going on and ready to move to higher ground if necessary.  Also as added help to move the patients if needed.  So we got dressed and packed some things up that we would need worst case scenario.  In the backpack was our computer, for all of our pictures, our ID and wallets, marriage certificate, Sonja's monkey, and of course the cat in her pet taxi.  So everyone can relax and not worry about her floating around the Pacific.  She was going to be safe.

So we gathered up our stuff and went over to the hospital.  Sonja was scared this morning because she had a dream that the tsunami hit and was washing everything away and I wasn't there with her.  So her day started out bad for her.  We just sat in the staff lounge and I checked in on what was going on, and get an update.  We were just on a watch and the emergency command center in Prince George was giving us updates and just told us not to be to concerned.  I went back to Sonja in the lounge and we watched the news and CNN.  We were expecting the wave to hit around 8.  Sonja and I went home about 5 to 8 and I jumped in the shower.  The "wave" came and went a little after 8.  I found out on the news that all we had for a tsunami was stronger currents.  It didn't even make the retaining wall our deck is on wet.

So I finished getting ready for work and waited to go to work.  I went and just had a regular day.  It wasn't real busy but not entirely dead.  The day kinda just went by and it was time to come home.  We just had a simple meal of chicken burgers and watched the last few episodes of Sonja's show.  After I did a test for psychics and we went for a walk around the town until Sonja got to cold.  So we came back to the warm house.  We are now watching Modern Family and Sonja is falling asleep on the couch so we will probably go to sleep soon.

But the day ended up alright.  We are safe and sound, not wet and not evacuated.

Tyler