Ayres Insanity

  I just wrote about the crazy virus and how pretty much everyone is self-quarantined right now.    Well if that wasn't enough, we all woke up this morning to a 5.7 earthquake. Just after 7am, my bed started shaking, waking me up totally panicked and  disoriented. It didn't last long, but it was scary for sure. Dan called to make sure we were ok & once I got my bearings & realized what time it was, I called Russ but couldn't get through. I knew he was on the road coming home and was worried about traffic, but he showed up about 10 minutes later. Turns out he didn't even feel it!    We were supposed to start home-school today but my phone was going crazy so we got a late start. There were several aftershocks (although I only felt 2 of them), but we still managed to get the kids school work done.   The last while has been difficult. I have been feeling pretty miserable for probably 18-ish months, I'd been to the doctor and couldn't s...

Surreal: marked by the intense irrational reality of a dream. Also unbelievable, fantastic or dream-like.    This is the only word I can think of to describe the situation we are in right now. And when I say "we" I don't mean just my family, I mean the entire world.    The media calls it a pandemic, and I guess that's accurate. It's a strain of the coronavirus called COVID 19, a new strain that spreads rapidly, and because of its newness, we have no immunity built up against it, or at least that's how I understand it. It manifests itself in flu-like symptoms and is currently taking America by storm.    It started in China, then moved to Italy, and has now spread here, causing people everywhere to panic. The stores are sold out of toilet paper, hand sanitizer, soap and disinfecting wipes, and shelves are completely cleared out of canned & frozen foods and bottled water.   All events, including General Conference, and even ch...