Another Earthquake/First Day of School
November 9, 2004
Another earthquake last night – I woke up around midnight to some very loud creaking going on and the bed shaking. I woke Anthony up and we both went to check on the girls. Liz had woken up and was crying but Ashley was soundly sleeping. We calmed Liz down, put her back to bed and then we went back to sleep. I was so tired, even with my heart racing a mile a minute, I fell back to sleep quite easily. It didn’t even phase Anthony, his comment was “why’d you wake me up, I would have slept right through it”. This morning we found out it was a 6.7 quake (a 3 in Taipei) and lasted 58 seconds – much longer than the 30 second one last month.
This morning was Ashley’s first day of school – she’s going ½ days for now and is very excited. She was dressed in a sundress, socks and her new black boots – yes, a fashion statement she was! Turns out they are going on an outing – every Tuesday is an outing and they are going to a park today, so she’s not exactly appropriately dressed and I forgot her water bottle and hat, but oh well, she’ll have fun anyway. Just hopefully, she won’t come back pink from the sun! I am home now with Liz and our housecleaner. I don’t quite know what to do with myself, only have one kid to watch J
November 10, 2004
Ashley had a great time at her outing to the park. She told me that she had to hold hands with her new friend when they were at the park and that she got to ride a bus to and from the park. She was very excited and did not want to come home for lunch. Which also means she did not want to take a nap. So I spent the afternoon attempting to get 2 girls to take a nap – unsuccessfully, I might add. I finally gave up and we went to the Living Mall to get Ashley some indoor shoes for school. After coming home, I decided to go ahead and feed them dinner early and by 7pm Ashley was asleep in my arms and Liz was ready for bed. They were both so tired. And so were Anthony and I. I think I was asleep at 8:30pm! We wanted to watch Carnivale on HBO at 10:30, but there was no way we were making it that late.
Another earthquake last night – I woke up around midnight to some very loud creaking going on and the bed shaking. I woke Anthony up and we both went to check on the girls. Liz had woken up and was crying but Ashley was soundly sleeping. We calmed Liz down, put her back to bed and then we went back to sleep. I was so tired, even with my heart racing a mile a minute, I fell back to sleep quite easily. It didn’t even phase Anthony, his comment was “why’d you wake me up, I would have slept right through it”. This morning we found out it was a 6.7 quake (a 3 in Taipei) and lasted 58 seconds – much longer than the 30 second one last month.
This morning was Ashley’s first day of school – she’s going ½ days for now and is very excited. She was dressed in a sundress, socks and her new black boots – yes, a fashion statement she was! Turns out they are going on an outing – every Tuesday is an outing and they are going to a park today, so she’s not exactly appropriately dressed and I forgot her water bottle and hat, but oh well, she’ll have fun anyway. Just hopefully, she won’t come back pink from the sun! I am home now with Liz and our housecleaner. I don’t quite know what to do with myself, only have one kid to watch J
November 10, 2004
Ashley had a great time at her outing to the park. She told me that she had to hold hands with her new friend when they were at the park and that she got to ride a bus to and from the park. She was very excited and did not want to come home for lunch. Which also means she did not want to take a nap. So I spent the afternoon attempting to get 2 girls to take a nap – unsuccessfully, I might add. I finally gave up and we went to the Living Mall to get Ashley some indoor shoes for school. After coming home, I decided to go ahead and feed them dinner early and by 7pm Ashley was asleep in my arms and Liz was ready for bed. They were both so tired. And so were Anthony and I. I think I was asleep at 8:30pm! We wanted to watch Carnivale on HBO at 10:30, but there was no way we were making it that late.
posted by The Armstrongs at
11/10/2004
