The vet called yesterday. Snippy definitely has Cushing’s disease, and it seems to be the rare type, so he’s calling Purdue for advice on treatment. From what I’ve read, the solution to that type is major surgery or some type of treatment if surgery isn’t possible. Oh, Snippy.

So yeah, part of the illness involves over-drinking and thus over-pottying, so we were out at 5:30 am this morning. Literally, as soon as we stepped inside the house, there was this huge rumble. I was half-asleep, and as soon as I realized it was more than heavy wind, it was over. My mom came downstairs minutes later asking if I were okay. I was like “yeah, what the hell was that?” Apparently, it was an earthquake. It feels a bit different from a basement, less shaking & more rumbling. I could hear the shaking upstairs.

Of course, I have earthquake anxiety about San Francisco, so I struggled getting back to sleep, wondering if this were some kind of sign. Well, thank you news. I just saw that the quake was a 5.2 in West Salem, IL, and today is the 102nd anniversary of the great 1906 San Francisco earthquake. Fantastic. Now, it’s definitely a sign. Ugh.

I’ll be honest. I’m starting to freak out. I mean I always freak out like this before I execute a big decision, but this is a HUGE one. I keep imagining waking up there. I’m not really sure what I’m getting in to.

And my dream last night centered around Adam, Amy, and I trying to break out of prison. It was like an outdoor camp, and other random people from my past were other prisoners. Adam & Amy were out and ready to go but the warden walked in as we were crossing through an office, so I got left behind. He ended up talking to me and believed I was there visiting my sister. I was wearing my Doors “When the Music’s Over” t-shirt in the dream, so I remember trying to conceal it so there wouldn’t be a recognizable outfit. I mean, we ended up succeeding, but what a strange dream.

Dream interpretation says:

To dream that you escape confinement from a jail, or prison, foretells that you will experience a rapid rise in your profession in the business world that surrounds you, a breaking out of the mold sort of progress.

So maybe it’s a good sign. At least some part of me thinks it’s going to work out.