The last couple of days, my daughter and I have had some odd feelings. Almost 'sick', with dizziness, tiredness and symptoms like you get with an ear infection. I know the air in our valley is bad, and we could just be suffering from allergies...but it feels almost like motion sickness.

When we've had earthquakes in the past, I've had this sort of feeling. The problem is, it feels like low blood sugar, or getting over heated (we had a fairly warm day), or the beginning of a head cold...so it's hard to know what it is. I'm notorious for asking my family, 'did we just have an earthquake?', and they'll 'no, just you'. Funny thing is, I can check on 'recent earthquakes in ca' and see that we did have small ones nearby.

What really got me concerned tho, was yesterday, my daughter (22) was really not feeling well, she had stayed up late with friends (one young mom works the night shift and wanted them to come over & hang out and eat with her), so she didn't get to bed till after 3-4am...but, even 6 or more hours later, just just didn't feel well enough to get up. She kept saying she just didn't feel well. She went into my room, since it is the darkest/coolest to sleep. She kept waking up with 'night terrors'. I don't know if people know what that is, but it's also called 'sleep paralysis'. It's an event where part of your brain wakes up but the rest doesn't...and in a way, you are trapped in a dream. You can hear people, and try to speak, but can't move or cry out. In the instant that that happens, you can go into another dream, and it will seem so real, that it becomes terrifying. For example, she kept thinking I'd come into the room, asked her how she felt and when she tried to respond, couldn't, then she'd become frantic and realize she was still asleep, then she'd DREAM she was awake and able to talk, then suddenly realize I was never there. It is a frightening event, and I used to have them when I was working odd shifts and my sleep cycles were messed up, but also, I ALWAYS have them when there are earthquakes. Even after she got up yesterday evening, she didn't feel well. I told her to go to bed by midnite to try to get back on a day/night sleep pattern, and lay with her and prayed with her for awhile. When I got up to leave, I asked her if she wanted  me to keep the hall light on since she wasn't feeling well and I'd moved the bed to a different spot in her old room (she has the studio apt out back, but since she didn't feel well, she stayed in her old room), and I was worried she'd wake up confused again. She was talking to me, saying no, the light would bother her, but leave the door ajar so the dog could get out if she wanted. I went to check on our cat who was possibly hit by a car (vet closed), and thought I'd let Jessi know that she seemed to be moving around more, even tho I think her back leg is broken...when I opened the door, just literally not 3 minutes later, she was startled. She said, 'when did you leave? I woke up and it was dark and you were gone'. She hadn't even remembered us talking...she'd already been asleep.

She's always had sleep problems. But yesterday and even today (she took a nap, then I had to), we've both just 'not felt well'. Yes, we got up earlier than we are used to (both night owls), and we went to the local swap meet and walked around in the sun, and yes the air quality is bad so our allergies are kicking up. But, the odd sleep, her night terrors (I didn't experience them this time, although I have in the past when a quake hit near here), I did have trouble waking up after a nap. Anyway, suffice it to say, something is 'off'.

I would not be surprised if there is a major quake near us. From past experience, it would have to be fairly large if it hit down in the LA or up in the SF area, but even the midsized one from the 80s really affected me that was just about 30 miles away. I also could 'feel' the ones down in Joshua Tree from a few years ago...in fact, with the website that updates within minutes of a quake, my son and I both could say, 'you feel that' (meaning that dizzy, strange feeling in your head, almost like there is too much bass from a passing car radio), and then click the link and a box would pop up on the map!

Just wanted to share, since I've been feeling that 'full head' feeling all day. Very likely it's just our 'wonderful' (where is the sarcasm font?) Valley air, but it just feels 'larger'.

Keep looking up!

Blessings~

Suzi