Don't Worry!

I'm alive. Yes, we had an earthquake here today. Yes, I came close to death. Yes, I survived. Yes, one of those statements is a lie...you can pick which one.

We were in orientation training when the building started moving around. It took everyone a minute to figure out what was going on (okay, by a minute I mean a second...the quake didn't even last a minute. 10 seconds maybe). Some people got pretty excited about that. "Did you feel that?!" "Was that an earthquake?" "What just happened?" "Are we going to die?" "Where's the nearest doorway?" "I love you mom." "Weird, I just got super dizzy or something." "Hmm my nails look great today." "Wait, what is everyone talking about?" "Earthquake?? AHHHH!" While some of us (more level-headed people) said, "Yep, earthquake. Cool. It's done now. Can we finish this meeting so we can go home please?" 5-10 minutes after the earthquake, we were told we had to evacuate the building because of the earthquake....which was already over. Everyone moved out into an open space away from the buildings and proceeded to tell their earthquake stories. Surprisingly, there were some pretty animated and intense stories from the earthquake that lasted a few seconds, and that was so small that there were some in the same room as us who didn't feel it. People are funny that way. While we waited for an aftershock, (which didn't come) maintenance made sure the buildings were safe to go back into. All was well. The quake's epicenter was in a little town north of Richmond. It was a 5.8 there. Did some slight damage. It hit 22 states and freaked out a bunch of people, but everyone is fine. You may resume your normal breathing....now.

I will let you know if we make it through the two hurricanes coming this way in the next few days. Virginia is sooo much more exciting than Idaho!

The rest of the day was spent running around just like yesterday. BUT, so far the perks of this orientation leader thing are: free pizza two nights in a row, free food in the cafeteria all week, free awesome SVU drawstring bag, free official orientation leader t-shirt, free binder, and some new friends! Whoo! Also, I am helping with check-in at the boys' dorm tomorrow...I like that idea.

Also, among other compliments, I was told that I looked posh today. That was a fun one.

Also, I love this school because people are so ridiculously helpful. They just drop whatever they are doing to help someone else. Especially guys when they see girls carrying big/heavy things. I love that soo much! (especially when I'm the girl carrying the heavy thing)

Also, for your viewing pleasure, here is my bathroom wallpaper:

Why the cacti? I wish I knew. Who thought, "Hmm I think putting cacti on wallpaper would look really nice. Just randomly all over the white wallpaper, just throw in a cactus here and there."? Also, who thought, "Hmm I think putting cactus wallpaper in this bathroom in this apartment/town house would look really nice."? I may never know. I am trying to figure out what kind of shower curtain I could get that wouldn't clash with my cactus friends. I don't think there's any hope for that. I love my house, but it definitely has some quirks (no, I am not talking about the people living here).