1) last night there was an earthquake at my house! i'd never felt an earthquake before and when i was in elementary school all the kids would come to school the day after an earthquake and say "did you feel it?!?!" and i didn't because i always slept like a rock. so of course, i always felt left out.
but this time, i felt it! it was so weird. it was a split second shake and i thought that someone on a floor below me had just slammed a door. (they do that a lot.) but then i used my sherlock holmes-like deductive reasoning skills and realized that i didn't actually hear a slam, i just felt the shake so it couldn't be a door. i used this same reasoning to eliminate the possibility of a truck driving into the building. when i finally decided it was an earthquake i was just so excited i couldn't possibly go to bed so i finished watching sister wives.
2) today is the inaugural burrito wednesday. i know it's actually thursday, but no one could actually go on wednesday this time so we moved it. just down the street from where i work there are three taco carts that sell $3 burritos. THREE DOLLAR BURRITOS. and those things are as big as your forearm and so delicious. i cannot think of one thing i love more than cheap food. (unless, of course, it's free food) so a few co-workers and i decided that burritos for lunch should be a weekly thing and it is something i now look forward to with my whole heart. i have even planned my wardrobe around it.
3) on my way to my car this morning, i stopped to check the mail and received something that i have been hoping to receive since i became a registered voter 16 years ago.
A JURY DUTY SUMMONS!!!
i am "on-call" for federal jury duty for the next three months unless i have a good excuse not to, which i don't, THANK GOODNESS. i will get to not go to work and i won't have to use vacation time for it! finally, finally, i will get to see an actual courtroom drama!! i know all about subpoenas and allocution and burden of proof, thanks to countless hours of law and order marathons, so i feel well-prepared for this job. plus, i hear they give you lunch, which i am ecstatic about. (see above)
good day, indeed.
