5.5 this morning

Hear ye
Hear ye
We are fine.
The earthquake this morning took a painting off the wall but that's all. We felt it coming, then it hit with a bang and a good 30 seconds of mad-shaking, and then it was like jelly for a while longer... and we were fine. Dad felt it hit with a bang (he was out in his garage) but he was fine too and he had no breakages.
On the bright side, if the sewer pipes had been fixed last week like I hoped, they would be broken and full of liquifaction again now so... better to have loved and lost than to never have loved at all. Hang on, ummm, yer whatever. I didn't have my toilet cruelly ripped away from me a day after have it repaired. I am still just waiting on the list.
PS Yes, now I am back to having that nagging thought in the back of my mind... "there will for sure be another Big One that will crush and kill either me or the kids. Bugger. THAT will be very inconvienant"