March-Update and Earthquake songs!

Sometimes I feel like I just want to hug all the Chileans I pass on the street because I know that this is such a trauma and that I've been through it too, it's like we're connected. Maybe I could start a revolution! Every time I watch the news and the coverage of all of the homes destroyed and loved ones lost, I feel helpless and heartbroken, but thankful that God has kept us safe in our neighborhood of Las Condes.

Anyway, I think that the stress from the earthquake and aftershocks weakened my immune system so now I have a cough, sore throat, and a possible slight fever. We're the Santiago 7: Survivors of the 7th biggest earthquake in the world. (Update: Now it seems like it's the 5th strongest since 1900. It is also the strongest since 1990.) The first, and quite possibly the last group to go from our school. We're all dealing with the shock and trauma in our own ways, but we're all trying to remain positive. Patrick still doesn't have power or gas at his house last I knew, but the rest of us have all of those things up and running. For the first couple days after the quake most of the grocery stores were closed and the few that were open were jam packed with people. You'd think that it was the end of the world from the way that they were acting sometimes. As we were driving around Saturday afternoon looking for a store to buy bread, the worst structural damage I saw was a one-level collapsed parking garage. We finally found a store to buy bread awhile later, and when my sister was getting some of the fresh baked bread, it looked like a bunch of sharks going after their prey. Then we had to wait in the checkout line for 20+ minutes. (Pictured above) On Sunday the President said that big groups couldn't meet, which meant church was canceled. Some more stores were open on Sunday, but they had to limit the number of people in the stores. There was a long line of people outside a nearby grocery store waiting for people to come out, because guards would let more people in. (Pictured below)

On a lighter note: Do you ever think about which songs you would want on your life's soundtrack? I've been thinking about some lately, have a look (written in no particular order):

I Felt The Earth Move-Carole King
Blessed-Martina McBride
Survivor-Destiny's Child
I Will Survive-Gloria Gaynor
Fight to Survive-Bloodsport
Lucky-Brittney Spears
Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger-Daft Hands
Shake, Rattle, and Roll-Jesse Stone
It's the End of the World as we Know it-REM
You Shook me All Night Long-AC/DC
Shake It -Metro Station
All Shook Up-Elvis
Knock Me Down-Keri Hudson
Don't Bring Me Down-Electric Light Orchestra

*Thanks for the help Ann!

What other earthquake related songs can you think of?