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What is happening?

  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! 
I testify that bad days come to an end, that faith always triumphs, and that heavenly promises are always kept. - Jeffrey R. Holland  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 seem to get an answer, so I kept digging & finally I saw someone else who diagnosed me with Hashimoto's, which is an auto-immune disease that causes your immune system to attack your thyroid, and there's likely more that I don't know yet. I'm still in the process of trying to figure all of this out, but to say that I'm frustrated would be an understatement. I feel like my life has been turned upside-down, and this last week has only added insult to injury. 
  I know that things will get better, and that there must be something I need to learn from all of this, so in the mean time, I'll trust in Elder Holland's words...
  

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