Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Mood- all shook up

Health- icky

Well, today we had an Earthquake...

I am serious, there was a 5.8 magnitude earthquake in Virginia, and I live about 95 miles from the epicenter, but this was a strange little quake because it was felt as far north as New York City and as far south as Georgia.

I was sitting on my bed and felt trembling... 'just my low magnesium shakes' I thought, then it got stronger and I noticed that I was not the only thing moving!  Everything was moving!

These things just do not happen in Virginia and they are saying this it is the strongest Earthquake in the State's history, a "100 year Quake".

It was fun while it lasted, but I have a Hurricane to prepare for (the latest track has it passing right overhead) and a Wildfire to breathe through... hmm... do I see a trend?

Other than that happy happy joy joy stuff I have some exciting news... the Facebook page for the Caldwell Family is growing and you can check it out here.  There is a letter writing and e-mail writing blitz that is about to start to help the family, so please go to the page and like it so you can be kept up to date on the latest happenings.

I am also happy to say that Reader's Digest fixed a bug and you can once again vote once a day on my entry in their contest.  I am trying to win because if I do my story will be published in Reader's Digest, and my story is about living with Gastroparesis, so it will have a huge impact on Awareness worldwide!  I could care less about the money prize (in truth it will cause some major headaches, because it will make me lose my VCC coverage and I still will not have insurance so I will actually be in a worse situation) but the chance to raise Awareness is just too big to pass up.

Also, the online Awareness Week for Digestive Tract Paralysis sponsored by G-PACT is still going on as part of their celebrations in celebrating their 10 year anniversary as a Legal non-Profit and I am very involved in that.

Tired is a small word to describe just how big my exhaustion is right now with so much going on, but I can sleep when it is all done and I would rather be tired and making a difference than rested and doing nothing. :~)

It will probably be an early night tonight for me, but tomorrow is another day and another fight... and I am going to be ready!