Oh my. What a day. We wake to the news that a huge earthquake has hit in Northern Indonesia. People in both Singapore and Kuala Lumpur (Northern Malaysia) have felt tremors. We felt nothing...but my heart hurts and yearns for the people so completely devastated by this event. It is strange to be so close in proximity...and yet be absolutely fine. My heart is aching.
Then I decide oh I have the car today- I am going to be independent and get some stuff done... I did get stuff done, but let me tell you what is easy and mindless at home- takes forever for me here. I have to gear up to drive- I am doing great around town, but seriously one has to be aware- looking all over to dodge scooters...thinking about staying on the left side of the road...looking in your mirrors always...
I drove to the market...I needed a new sim card for my cell phone...took ages, but success. Then to groceries...easy now that I have been here three months...then drop off laundry- but what the hell- the little laundry place has been closed for weeks. Tried to drop it off four times this week- the laundry basket is exploding- Devin has no socks...still locked up tight. Came home and called a friend who lives upstairs who has a washer on her porch....did a load of laundry just to get by....but how much soap- how many clothes can it fit? Then hang it to dry in the humid air....ok done all of the tasks for the day and now it is time for Nevi to come home from school. So you wonder what I do with my time....there you go. All of this would have taken me 30 minutes with the convenience of home...but alas three plus hours later- I am a success!
Now put myself in perspective...three hours of mindless chores....or devastation from an Earthquake....I now feel blessed to have had such an easy morning.
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