I slept through it

Last night after my post, John (the general manager here), told me that the mayor of Gitarama was the one who put out the news about the earthquake. He said that the revised timetable was between 11 p.m. and 1 a.m. Micaela, Etienne (an assistant here), and I heard on the news on TV that the earthquake was a rumor, which didn't provide much information (after all, some rumors are true), so we went to bed. Around midnight I heard people talking outside, but I fell back asleep. In the morning we learned that an earthquake had indeed occurred around midnight. Unbeknownst to Micaela and me, John had the kids take their mattresses into the courtyards of their houses, so they all slept outside! Some of the kids were pretty scared. John is the hyper-responsible type, so I think he just took care of matters and didn't want to bother us. I wish he had though--I would have liked to reassure the kids. As it was, I slept until my alarm went off at 6:30 and missed the whole thing!