Waking up to my house shaking me out of bed and my earthquake alram blaring was NOT how I wanted to spend my night.  I went to bed at 12 and got a rude awakening at 1am on the dot! Talk about an adrenaline rush.  I was so disoriented I basically just sat on my bed shaking while my heart tried to pound it's way out of my chest until it stopped.  Then I sat there for about a minute trying to decide if I should listen to music until I calm down enough to sleep again or get up and turn on the tv to find out what happened.  In the end I decided to call my mom and talk until I felt better while I had the tv on to find out the details.

M5.6 of the coast of Iwaki (basically, my backyard). No Tsunami.

So I talked to my mom for about an hour. By 2am I was feeling calm again and ready to head back to bed. I listened to music until about 2:50 and then slept until 8 this morning.

On an happier note,

Sam, Susan, Chelsea, and Hiroshi came over last night. We played games for 4 hours :) I was introduced to Skip-Bo, Forbidden island and BANG! So much fun. I kicked everyone out just before midnight and went to sleep only to be thrown out of bed an hour later.

So far today there has been 3 more all a few minutes apart. 

 

I would be very happy if the Earth would stop shaking.