Im a survivor! ::playing Beyonce song::

WoW! Once again, I had to pack up my things, load the dogs and hope for the best as we await a tsunami to hit our shores. But this time around I had to haul a baby and husband around with me too. Do you have any idea how exhausting that is?! Around 9pm, Rowdy and I see on the news that Japan just had a 8.9 earth quake and Hawaii was now in a Tsunami watch. As soon as it upgraded to a warning I zipped out the door and headed to the store for water, baby food, dog food and diapers. (there is no way Im hauling dirty cloth diapers too!) Everyone eles in Ewa Beach headed out too because the gas station lines wrapped around the block and the grocery store was ravaged. Anyway, I found myself having a little bit of deja vu. About a year ago, Chile had a massive earth quake and caused a tsunami in Hawaii. Only then, I was pregnant with Ryatt and Rowdy was out at sea. This time around I knew how to better prepare and needless to say, things went alil smoother. We packed up and headed to a friends house in Pearl Harbor- out of evacuation zones. With the whole family in tow, including the dogs, we stood by and watched this tsunami unfold. Just as Rowdy predicted it was a kitten of a threat and we really could of stayed home (and actually slept).  I couldnt help but get moving and take such threat seriously, its mother instinct to protect our family.  But I admit, I kinda expected it to be nothing serious on our coast but I also couldnt help but to imagine the night mare it would be [and the regret] had we not evacuated and trying to save ourselves from massive flooding. In the end we had a sleepover and headed home the next morning. As usual, the sun was shinning bright over Oahu and the day went on. It was like it never happened.

Although our home is safe and in no harm, Japan was really hit hard. The footage of what is going on over there is heart wrenching. People's lives, people's homes, people's family- all washing away as they can do nothing but watch and fight to survive. I couldnt imagine such loss. It makes me even more aware of how we should never take our family and safety for granted.