so, there was an earthquake yesterday. and i felt it. so strange to say that i've been in an earthquake. it really only lasted a few seconds, and it was a 5.8 or 5.9 depending on who you ask. everyone i know is just fine, but still it was strange.

i was at home with the dogs and my friend, jackie. we had a 3 hour break in between classes and were sitting on the couch watching tv. the dogs suddenly jumped off the couch and started barking like crazy at the floor. then i felt like something was shaking me, kinda like if someone is grabbing you by the shoulders and shaking you. and all these thoughts raced in my head, i first asked jackie if she felt that shaking too, and yes, she did. then i continued into a panic/frantic mode where i was screaming 'get off the couch', 'what the hell is that', all the while the dogs continued their barking. one of the thoughts i had was that some creature got into the condo and was surfacing itself under the couch and that must be the reason the dogs were barking at the floor, then i thought one of my neighbors couldve possibly drove her car through my other neighbor's basement condo, then i put out there jokingly that it was an earthquake. we saw that one of our rocker chairs was still rocking back and forth and i got really creeped out. we went outside to investigate. there were a group of painters outside and they had felt it too and had no clue what happened. i went to my neighbor's condo to affirm that she felt something too. she didnt so much feel but heard a big rumble. we went back inside and come to find out, it indeed was an earthquake.

i know we had a smaller earthquake last year but i remember thinking it was just a loud thunderclap and continued to sleep (it happened in the middle of the night). i was reading an article on cnn and it said how the pentagon was evacuated and how they did not know at the time that it was an earthquake and thought they were being under attack. i felt so sad reading that. we are coming up on the ten year anniversary of 9/11 and i cant imagine what those people were thinking as they were evacuating and if they had flashbacks to what happened a decade earlier. thank god, it was just an earthquake and a small one to boot.