{"id":5221,"date":"2012-04-12T13:07:47","date_gmt":"2012-04-12T20:07:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog\/?p=5221"},"modified":"2015-03-05T17:26:21","modified_gmt":"2015-03-06T01:26:21","slug":"living-in-fear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog\/living-in-fear\/","title":{"rendered":"Living in fear"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is no way to live! Isn&#8217;t it everybody&#8217;s dream to live in Southern California? I just realized that I live here in constant fear. These are real things that I think about every day. Let&#8217;s review:<\/p>\n<p>1) Earthquakes: Every time I drive and have to stop at a light under a freeway overpass, I get nervous. &#8220;What if today&#8217;s the day for the big one? What if the overpass comes down on my car? Should I get down on the floor of the car? What if they find me and I&#8217;m not wearing my good underwear?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>2) High speed police chases: We just had another high speed chase last night &#8211; it seems to be a weekly occurence. Whenever \u00a0I drive through a large intersection on a green light, I&#8217;m nervous. &#8220;What if there&#8217;s a high speed chase and he&#8217;s going so fast I won&#8217;t even see him coming? What if there&#8217;s a shootout and he uses my car as a shield? What if he T-bones me at 90 mph? Maybe I shouldn&#8217;t drive.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>3) Rattlesnakes: There are signs everywhere&#8230; at the nursery, on the walking trails, in the canyons &#8211; It&#8217;s rattlesnake season! My gardener just reminded me to be careful, it&#8217;s rattlesnake season. &#8220;What if I&#8217;m in my back yard and I step on one? What if I&#8217;m gardening and I pick one up by accident? What if I scare one and it bites me and I don&#8217;t make it to the hospital in time? What if I die on the way, or I&#8217;m in the ambulance and a high speed chase hits us, or we have to stop under a freeway overpass and there&#8217;s an earthquake?!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>4) Spiders: Spider season is also coming and for some reason, my house gets some HUGE spiders, mostly at night. &#8220;What if a spider crawls on my face when I&#8217;m sleeping? What if that red mark on my leg is a spider bite? What if it&#8217;s a black widow or a brown recluse? What if I die in my sleep from a spider bite? What if I wake up and it&#8217;s on my eye?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This is no way to live!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">UPDATE @ MIDNIGHT:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Easter-Cookies.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5235\" title=\"Easter Cookies\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Easter-Cookies-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Easter-Cookies-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Easter-Cookies.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Here is the picture of Sue&#8217;s Easter Cookies using my Christmas cookie recipe. Sue says, &#8220;They were sooooo good and everyone devoured them!&#8221; The bunnies look great.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is no way to live! Isn&#8217;t it everybody&#8217;s dream to live in Southern California? I just realized that I live here in constant fear. These are real things that I think about every day. 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