Thank goodness, it was just an earthquake.

so my job at the Tax Commission has been going pretty well. It is pretty mindless work so I get to listen to books and music all day... which I like but will eventually get bored of. On Thursday I even got there early so I could leave at 2:30pm. Getting up early involved a bit of a change in routine, so at about 7:30am when my computer screen looked like it was moving I started taking deep breaths and telling myself that I was fine and if I needed to get up and take a break I could. I blinked a couple of times and relaxed my shoulders. I then opened my eyes and noticed the cord for my earphones was swinging quite a bit and heard a couple of people asking if they felt that. Needless to say I was relieved that my coworkers did not see me having an anxiety attack (which usually involves puking), but I quickly moved onto being afraid that I was going to be crushed to death in an earthquake because my cubicle wouldn't provide enough protection. Don't worry though everything turned out all right and I am obviously still alive.

Clifford the little red truck

My dad has been trying to get me to drive a manual transmission for the last six years. He made the mistake of trying to teach me in his Toyota, which had a tricky clutch, and I was too freaked out by stalling every ten seconds to want to continue trying, so I only occasionally gave in to a lesson and drove around the neighborhood. On Monday however I walked out my front door and was confronted with the fact that the only cars left at my house were the two trucks (both are stick shifts) and if I wanted to get to the library ( the library is the most relaxing, comfortable place in the world) I would have to pass through numerous stop lights while operating a manual transmission. I made to the library and back without stalling once, although I'm sure if anyone saw me they thought I was crazy because I screamed every time I shifted gears without mishap. I was even able to find the lights in my moms truck and didn't forget to turn them off when I got home. Yeah for me!!!