I experienced my first earthquake today! I sort of disappointed....I know I shouldn't be but it wasn't very exciting.

On the weekends I work for a property management company, showing their new apartment building to prospective tenants. (It's an easy job and I spend most of the time reading.) Well, I was standing outside smoking a cigarette leaning up against a scaffolding that has yet to be taken down. All of the sudden, the scaffolding shakes and makes this "BRUMGH" noise. I thought maybe a couple of the doors inside slammed shut. I went and checked, but nothing....They were all still open.

I didn't think about it again until I got home. The first thing the SO asks is, "Did you feel the earthquake this morning."

And here's the rest of the conversation:

me: Uh, NO.....What earthquake?

roomie: it around 9 o'clock

me: uh no....

SO: I slept through it

me: wow

roomie: yeah, I was laying in bed and the whole building started shaking. Are you sure you didn't feel it?

me: well (insert story form above) that was around 9 AM

SO: that's when it happened

me: oh....damn, my first earthquake and I didn't even notice.

SO: believe me that's a good thing. Would you rather have that new apartment building falling around your ears?

me: no, I was just expecting something a little more dramatic than a scaffolding swaying and making noise. I wanted a big rumbles and to be tossed on my ass, you know shaky vision like in the movies.

SO: no it's better this way. Now you know you can handle it.

everyone kinda expected me to wig out on the first go round with Mother Earth's carnival ride. But I didn't.....Life is good! God I love LA!

Well, this is just dandy.

They just reorganized the department I work in and hired a couple of the other temps full time. One of them has been here for 2 months the other has been here for 2 years. I'm in the middle with 9 months.

My boss and I have a new boss. Now she has to convince the new boss to keep me after my contract expires in December. I hope it works out that they hire me full time, which is what my boss is really pushing for, because she can't do both of our jobs. There is too much to do. We're both busy 40 hours.

I'm going to have a nephew on February 1st! Yeah!!!!!