A Double "E" Weekend

First I want to say Happy Easter to everyone!! And for those who haven't heard on the news, we got to experience our first Earthquake out here in Southern California, a 7.2 magnitude. Talk about something you don't want to go through again. After enjoying our Easter lunch of corned beef and cabbage (it was on sale during St. Patty's day) we were playing a game of Yahtzee on the TV while I was finishing up the grocery list in our bedroom (I know what you're thinking....exciting day). Then all of a sudden the whole room started rocking back and forth and Ross and I just look at each other like the other person had done something to cause it. We both quickly realized that we were having an earthquake! It didn't last more than about 15-20 seconds but that is still a long time for the earth to be moving. Thankfully nothing broke in our house and no damage was done to any buildings in our area. The Mexico/California boarder had the most damage from what we have heard so far. And then this morning there was no need for an alarm clock since I was awoke by the aftershock. I just can't imagine what it must be like to experience something so powerful like the quakes that hit down in Haiti and Argentina. Just thankfully the one on Sunday wasn't worse.

As for the rest of last week, not too much to report on. Sat I spent most of the day just hanging around the house while Ross did homework. To help break up the day, I boiled a bunch of eggs and we took a break and colored Easter eggs. I always remember how much fun I had coloring eggs when I was little. Now it seems like it takes longer to prep and clean up then it actually does to color them. Oh well, we still had a lot of fun and now we have over a dozen colored, hard boiled eggs to eat.


Things are starting to get busier for Ross as finals get closer and closer. He has only a few weeks left before "dead week" where the stop introducing more material and then it's on to finals. One event that is coming up this week is the Barrister's Ball on Friday night. The word barrister is the old English term for lawyer. Basically it is prom for law students, including all the typical high school drama that is associated with prom ("prom" court and everything). So that means I get to get all dressed up fancy like and go dancing and enjoy cocktails and hor'dourves in a hotel down in Newport Beach. Something I have been looking forward to since Ross decided on this school way back when we still lived in Colorado. Let's just hope it lives up to my expectations.