Wow, feeling the love, thank you so very very much.
bttrfly - my family are fine. s22 did not get it where he is and s19 and myself felt it, it was not major where we are, felt like being on a boat in rough seas. H contacted s19 to make sure we are ok, apparently he was evacuated which means he stayed near the sea last night.
bttrfly - thank you from the bottom of my heart for the reminder of what I wrote to you. It seems an age ago, but reading it showed me just how much I have overcome and how much stronger I am today and that I can pick myself up and do this again - learning from my mistakes and doing even better this time.
So on that note, Day 1 - survived an earthquake and bought a car ! The first on my "to do" list has been crossed off. S19 and his friend came with me to make sure I was not buying a lemon, its a Ford Focus, nice runaround for me and an upgrade from my last car. I even braved haggling and got them to the price I wanted to pay (was really surprised they agreed) so I feel I got a good deal. The silver lining is a better car than I had for around the same money, hopefully the luck continues with a better job and home .....now that would put a smile on my face and two fingers up at h ha ha ha
