Yes, that's right. If you haven't heard by now, there was an earthquake in DC. Although nothing earth-shattering, it did cause several somewhat minor revelations that I thought I might share:
1) When I woke up yesterday morning, I didn't think to myself that the day was going to be any different or any more special than any other day. I just woke up and went to work like I do 5 days a week. I didn't wear anything special or do my hair any differently or wear my nicest pair of underwear. But...yesterday was different because there was an earthquake. In DC. Weird.
So it begs the question, would we do things differently if we knew ahead of time that the day was going to turn our differently? I, for one, would have worked a little harder in the morning if I had known I was going to be made to stand outside for over an hour. I also might have timed my lunch a little differently so I could have used that hour to eat instead of standing outside staring at our building waiting for it to do something other than stand there. I would have made sure to say 'I love you' to everyone I love, just in case. Yes, I know, I know, no one was hurt or killed in yesterday's craziness, but when you're in a windowless office and everything starts to shake and you can feel the whole building move and you have no idea why, these are the things that run through your head. Or my head, I should say.
2) If a bird shits on your head right after an earthquake, it's gotta be good luck, right? That's what I'm hoping because it was super gross. Ewww...
3) If there's an earthquake, you're not actually supposed to evacuate the building you're in. Who knew? California peeps....give me a midwest girl a break, we're not used to these things! The ground is NOT supposed to move!
4) Work isn't that important. It's important, but it isn't that important. You should probably go and drink red wine with your co-workers instead of working late.
5) If you find a dead mouse under your bed the day of an earthquake, it probably doesn't mean anything except that you had a really weird and gross day. If you want to know how and why we knew it was there, you'll have to ask. It's too gross to write about. Also, I should always remember to thank my husband for removing dead mouse without making me look at it.
6) If you walk into a co-worker's office and say things like, "Are we doing to die?", people are going to take you very, very seriously. By the end of the day, the entire office is going to know about your reaction and that you were the one asking about your own impending death. Now everyone thinks you're either a) a serious drama queen or b) very scared of earth quakes. Or both, I suppose.
6) Earthquakes in places where there aren't normally earth quakes result in several things:
a) a lot of really confused people looking up at buildings who should have probably just crawled under their desk or stood in a hallway
b) a lot of really confused people using their cell phones to call everyone they know to make sure they know they're alive and then getting upset that their cell phone network doesn't work
c) a lot of really confused people wandering around the streets of DC saying, "What was that?" Was that an earthquake?"
d) An abundant amount of news stories of confused people telling their earthquake story, which inevitably starts with, "Well, I was sitting at my desk in my office when...." and ends in an extremely anti-climatic manner since it really wasn't that big of deal.
7) If you have to stand outside your building staring at it for over an hour, that prolly entitles you to a mid-day beer. Just sayin...
But I have to say, I am very, very glad that I am still alive and that it wasn't a big deal.
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