Was it Nerves, the new bed location, or just an....ah...Earthquake.

There are a number of things that could keep me awake at 4:13 am. Was it the bed now against the wall and my slamming into it all night through? Was it my gut churning as the home study gets closer and closer. I/we want all it to go well, as it should, just nerves. Or was it the being more aware of situations, thoughts, joys, etc related to this adoption 'journey'. Whoever said that ignorance is bliss is onto something. But whoever said, knowledge is power is REALLY on to something, even if it does keep you awake at night.
Anyhow, as I rehearsed and dreamt of social workers, dust mites, and open adoption plans all under the social workers asking questions about racial identity, I fell in and out of sleep all night long. Again, until BOOM- I hit the wall, thinking the bed is in the middle of the room as it usually is when I make a 4 am trip to the bathroom. By the way, we are keeping cords and plugs inaccessible to little hands this way- that's why the bed is against the wall.
Turns out I wasn't headed to the bathroom at 4:13, after all. Realizing that I hadn't woke from a need to take care of business I eventually found myself processing my abrupt wake up. So I started to expect the sirens that would be about to scream down our block to rescue all of us here on our avenue. I figured the train that just tipped over and spilled coal or other hazardous cargo onto the street. The sirens never came. In my dream state, I wondered why the windows were creaking, the rumbling a roaring, and the house feeling like it was on a jello mold. Earthquake didn't cross my mind, but haz mat teams did. THis is totally logical, I mean its a reality with our location, right? My good friend Jen B thought her rumbling and jello mold shaking were happening because of fate coming true- the ghosts had finally arrived and made her house a haunted one.
Turns out we were both wrong- it was 4.3 earthquake here in them midwest. The bedrock shifted and we all can now rest easy. Phew... I consider all of us lucky! Is this why I was so rude today.... do earthquakes effect the cosmic alignment? Let's hope so.