Yesterday was the two year anniversary of my late paternal grandpa's passing. When I was a kid, he always gave me Andes Mints and I would call them "Oldsmobile candy" because he worked for an Oldsmobile dealer. Anyway, I was at work and one of my managers had asked me about something, which reminded me that I had to do something related to his question. So I printed out the paper I needed to bring upstairs and dropped it off with our HR assistant. She, like myself, always keeps candy at her desk. So I decided to see what she had. Lo and behold, there were some Andes Mints in the candy dish. I took one to eat in honor of my grandpa. I just found it interesting that I chose that day to get the paper to her and that was what I found. It was like a little present he left for me from beyond.
Today, we had an earthquake! Apparently, the magnitude I felt at work was nothing compared to what was felt closer to the source in Richmond, VA. It definitely rocked the DC area and most of the east coast, people feeling it as far as NYC. I've never felt an earthquake before and it was the strangest and freakiest thing ever. My whole desk started shaking and I could feel it in my body. My legs were still trembling afterward. They evacuated our office building for a short amount of time and then we were allowed back in. It took a while, but I was able to reach my husband and my kids' caretakers, as well as a friend on our street. There's been talk of aftershocks, but I hope that doesn't happen. I feel like something could happen again and any time and I don't know what to expect. It's so unsettling! I'm just going to pray to Hashem to thank him for keeping us out of harm, even with what happened, and to not let this happen again. I kept thinking of the earthquake episode of "Full House" where they can't find Danny and then Stephanie is all clingy to him after that. I felt that way when I couldn't reach anyone by phone. You'd think that an earthquake couldn't happen in the east coast, but it has before and now I've experienced it for the first time. I don't even know what to think about all this. I'm just glad everyone is okay, Baruch Hashem! I hope this isn't some other type of sign from another source. It's a pretty big sign and it impacted a lot of people today!
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One time my husband said something about somebody being charming. It was kind of strange because he never uses that word, but my late grandmother used to use it all the time.
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