All Shook Up and Here Comes the Bride
Trisha:
Come on, you knew I couldn’t resist the Elvis reference!
I’ve heard lots and lots of earthquake stories today, but mine might be the creepiest.
HERE COMES THE BRIDE
The shaking and a slamming door woke me up, which would have been weird enough, but then I started hearing some very eerie music.
I had forgotten about an antique music box sitting on our dresser, with little bride and groom figurines on top (a wedding gift from my famous Auntie Corky) The shaking must have stirred it into motion, because in the dark, silent, shaking room, it started playing a torturously slow version of “Here Comes the Bride. ” I sat straight up in bed, wondering for a moment if we’d bought a haunted house.
I sold myself on the earthquake theory, and somehow managed to get back to sleep, dreaming about doing earthquake interviews.
CLARA’S QUAKE TALES:
My kids slept through the whole thing, but don’t tell that to Clara. She heard so many stories about the earthquake at preschool and on the news this morning that she started imagining her own experience. Vividly. Each time I ask her to describe it it gets a bit more dramatic. At this point she’s pretty sure she saw a “reawwy cweepy dinosaur and bunny-rabbits” - and in a few memorable accounts, some fairies. Unfortunately for her, it’s all caught on tape.
clara-dinosaur-vids.mov (You have to turn up the volume on the screen to hear these: Here’s Clara on my cameraphone describing the creepy dinosaur that “shaked” and made her “really scared.” The first 15 seconds you’ll notice I’m convincing her I’m not “taking a picture.” Is that unethical journalism when the interviewee is 2 and I’m her mom?)
clara-quake-rabbits.mov (And here’s her description of hearing an earthquake and then seeing a rabbit that was “very scary!” followed by her reenactment of trembling in the quake. Priceless)
I’m up for as many more quake stories as you’d like to share, so fire away! As my church-friend Eric wrote today: Let’s see, so far this week we’ve had peculiar lights and sounds over Kokomo, a minor earthquake, and a truck full of human feces overturning up in Crown Point. (Admit it: you guys do make some of this stuff up, don’t you?) I think now if we learn that Ann Coulter is carrying John Mellencamp’s love child, everything will be in place to signal the start of some sort of Hoosier Apocalypse. Let’s hope for a quieter night, don’t you think?
Thanks for reading! Trish
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TSHW – Clara has grown up SO much…..love the videos!!
Yep - growing like a weed and talking like a teenager. I’m so glad we got to hang out at the wedding, Mandy!! Thanks for being such a loyal blog-reader - it helps me to know there’s someone reading! Let’s figure out a time for you to come visit us this summer, ok?
i had just woke up and was in route to get dressed. my puppy started acting really weird. she kept coninually barking, being noisy, normally, she’s quiet and also she’s still sleeping, but she kept like pacing around the apartment. then as soon as i was getting my hair done, i notice the shaking, my picture frames moved a little and there was rattles through my windows. my first reaction was the construction on pendleton pike (i live in lawrence) and that they were tearing the street for repavement, but of course, i was watching dan saying that there was shaking, and tom had this look on his face like ‘what just happened?’ so i arrived at work and this customer who always comes in, says, ‘we had an earthquake!’ i’m going ‘huh?’ he explained that there was an earthquake and that was the reason for the shaking.
i don’t know if this might be any newsworthiness, but last night, right before i went to bed, i noticed my body shaking, it never does that unless i’m about to be sick or start coming down with the flu. thankfully, i’m fine, but who knows???
oh, and also, i went to a karaoke night, the night before where i sang, ‘i feel the earth move, under my feet, i feel the sky tumbling down.’ (don’t know the title) brad called me and he jokingly said: ’so much so singing that song!!’
your daughter is sooo cute. perfect description for a 2 year old!!
Renee - What timing to sing that song! One of my friends told me she had that song stuck in her head the day OF the earthquake, but you were quite prophetic to bust it out the night before!
My mind must be more apocolyptic - all day Friday I kept thinking of the REM song, “It’s the End of the World as We Know It” the first line is “That’s great it starts with an earthquake…”
I am glad to see the earth is still spinning just fine today.
Happy Monday and enjoy the sun!
TS
Awesome.
I can’t believe how much Clara has grown since the last time we saw her - she’s a little girl now, not a baby anymore.
We can’t wait to see you guys; Katie is really looking forward to visiting with her only girl cousin (she gets a bit frustrated by the fact that here she’s surrounded by wild boys all the time).
See you soon!
Scott
Hi Scott! (my brother-in-law in Ottawa, Ontario Canada!)
Yes, Clara is very adamant about the fact that she is a “big girl,” not a baby, although at 2 they’re always walking a blurry line between the two.
We can’t wait to see you guys! Katie will get a kick out of Clara - she never stops talking and LOVES older girls to play with.
Update for you - The Nadas have picked up a gig in Elwood, Indiana (northeast of the city by around 45 minutes) on Saturday night at 8:30! If you’re all still up for a night of rock and roll, I’ll get a sitter and we can all head up there after a big foodfest with the band at the house! It should be memorable, to say the least.
Trish