This week for the first time in my life I was in an earthquake! Here's what happened. On Saturday morning I woke up and as is typical for Saturday I got onto facebook. Well all of my Oklahoma friends had posted about the earthquake that had happened during the night and how it had woken them up. It surprised me to read that the earthquake had been a 4.7 and I just slept right through it. So, then Saturday night at about 10:30 I'm in my room and I hear a creaking noise. With that Percy starts going crazy running all around the apartment barking. Then everything starts shaking. It lasted for a little while but the whole time I just stood there in my room not knowing what to do. After it stopped my roommate came out of her room and we looked around to see if anything had fallen or broken or anything, and nothing had. Then we talked about what to do if a bigger one hits and then we went to bed. (I say we went bed but not to sleep because I was pretty wide awake after that). It was pretty cool though, I have always wondered what it feels like to be in an earthquake... and now I know.
It's interesting though because I guess this is the biggest earthquake recorded in Oklahoma history! Note: I live in Edmond, Northeast of the epicenter.
Also, I have a Percy story for the week. This morning I woke up early and couldn't go back to sleep so I decided to take Percy for a walk. Well while we were in the little grass dog area of my complex I set his leash down to go get a doggie bag. Percy took this opportunity to make a run for it. I tried to call him back and get him to come without chasing him and turning it into a game but that didn't work. So, I started to run after him. The faster I ran the faster he ran until he finally left the apartment complex. I don't know what it is about dogs but the middle of a busy road seems to be the most appealing place. Percy decided that running down the middle of 15th street would be a fun game. So, there I am running down the middle of the road chasing my dog beginning to wonder if I would ever catch him. I don't know if I would have caught him if he hadn't decided that the middle of the intersection would be a great place to stop and go to the bathroom. As soon as he stopped I picked him up and ran back to the side of the road, to embarrassed to look at any of the cars that were driving by at the time. I'm pretty lucky though because all this happened on a Sunday morning when there were not too many cars out. Anyway, that's been my week!
