So, we here in Southern California had a 5.0 earthquake at 8:40 pm last night and I screamed like a little baby for my mommy. I am so SERIOUS!
I was lying in bed watching America's Next Top Model, the very first season on the Oxygen network when about an hour before the earthquake my male cat Jackson, whom I have had since November, a friend of mine gave him to me shortly after Jewels "Ju-Ju" was killed by my neighbors dogs, started meowing like something was wrong with him. He kept going from the window to jumping on me while I was lying down. He wanted me to pet him excessively and was acting very strange. Fast forward to 8:40pm when the earthquake started and my poor Jackson jumped off of my bed to Natalie's bed and almost jumped out the window. He jumped on the screen of the window so hard I thought he was going to go through it, but he didn't, thank God. Instead he ran under the bed with Roxy my other kitty cat, who was already under there. Now I know why he was acting so strange. He sensed that the earthquake was coming and he was trying to warn me.
I needed more than a warning from my lil kitty cat Jackson to prepare me for what happens when I panic. When the earthquake started I felt a jolt and heard rumbling and that's when I stared to yell for my mommy. She ran in my bedroom and grabbed my arm and calmly told me to get into the doorway. I did as she said, but didn't let go of my mom for dear life. When the shaking stopped I started to cry really hard in panic cause Natalie was on her way home from her dad's house. I frantically started to call her step-mom, Monika's cell phone only to get several busy signals. So I decided to take a few deep breathes and sit down. My mom and I sat in the living room and turned on the news right away. Channel 9, which is K-Cal, was the only station to have any news of the earthquake. We found out that it was a 5.0 and centered in Hawthorne. Which is like 13 miles from Long Beach. I was a little bit calmer so I went into my room to check on my kitty's. They were both underneath my bed. Jackson, bless his heart, was licking Roxy on her head as to say, "It's gonna be okay". It was so precious. So my cats were okay, now I just needed to find out if my daughter was okay. I started to panic again and started to cry all over again. I was thinking the worse. I was thinking that on their way over to drop Naty off they felt the earthquake and got into a bad car accident. I started crying uncontrollably at this point. My mom came into the kitchen and hugged me to comfort me and said they probably didn't even feel the shaking on the freeway. I finally got a hold of Monika, and asked her if everything was okay and if they were on their way to drop Naty off and she said that everything was okay. That they didn't even feel the earthquake cause they were driving on the freeway, lol, just what my mom had said, right =) She was at home, she didn't accompany them on the ride over. She said she just got off the phone with David, Naty's father and everything was okay and that they would be here shortly.
I was so relived when David drove up. I hadn't been that happy to see him in a long time. I ran to the car and hugged Naty. She didn't even know what was going on. She didn't even feel the earthquake. We went inside and I showed her on the news what had just happened and she was so surprised. I was just so glad to have my daughter safe in my arms. My nerves are shot. Ever since my husband past away right in my arms I have not recovered from that. I don't fare well in crisis or high stressful situations anymore. My mom kept telling me that I need to try and stay calm for the sake of Natalie. She doesn't want me to scare her and I believe my mommy is so right.
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