Last night I was watching the news with the hubs and the breaking news hit that a 8.9 quake hit. I stayed up until the wee hours of the morning, not that I was afraid of the tsunami that is to hit our coast this morning, but because I was glued to what was happening to our friends and worried about a family friend that lives and works in Tokyo (we still have not heard from her). As I was watching the initial tsunami hit the farmland I was just dumbfounded and sick to my stomach. I am overwhelmed.
This does hit close to home emotionally, because I live in Southern California and they have been predicting the Big One for 25 years. I have experienced the Northridge quake of 1994 and that was scary and I can’t even wrap my mind around this magnitude of a quake and the devstation that has followed with the tsunamis. They are having after-shocks the size of the Northridge quake.
I am going to go dark for a few days to just show my personal respect and reverence for our friends in Japan. I can’t find humor in life right now and what I have to say is so insignificant compared to what has just happened.
A Piece of the Pie Hole 
Hoping all is well with your friend in Tokyo. Will be thinking of you and sending only good thoughts your way.
Your friend will be in my thoughts and prayers. What a sad day.