pearliegates: Monterey Day 6: It’s a book day, it’s a tsunami watch-night

My son starts attending classes at campus today and I’m all prepared to spend the day on my own.

I returned the rented car in the morning and got back to the AirBnB where I planned to accomplish four things today:

1. Read my bible

2. Read a book

3. Catch up on my blog

4. Revise my language flash cards

I only managed to do one, that is, I read a book.

I did try to blog but I couldn’t upload any pictures and I gave up.

One thing I have not mentioned is this: when I first arrived at Monterey, we walked to Target and I bought a Kindle Paperwhite.

I know I have too many devices already but I have always wanted an e-ink reader. Amazon does not deliver to Malaysia and now that I’m in the US, I will never forgive myself if I don’t get one.

And so I did.

And I finished reading a book today, which was also much needed and relevant for my current situation in trying to adjust to a new life chapter of an empty nest.

Praying Backwards: Transform Your Prayer Life by Beginning in Jesus’ Name

by Bryan Chapell

I have blogged about the book before and I’m glad that it is timely that I continued reading it in Monterey.

And I’m loving my Kindle!

But the day is not over.

I have not really been sleeping well but when I did and for whatever reasons I still could not figure out why, I woke up at 1am and checked the weather app.

Was it a sub-conscious act? Why would I check the weather app at 1am when I am suppose to be fast asleep?

Because when I tapped on the app, the weather alert was marked red. I tapped on it and there was a tsunami warning alert.

What?

I was wide awake by then and I found out that there was a magnitude 7.9 earthquake in Alaska that prompted a tsunami warning for Alaska and most of the Canadian coastline (marked red in the map below), and a tsunami watch for the US coastline right down to California and where I am (marked yellow).