..shaky ground..

Yep, I survived another one. Who remembers the good ol' one in Oly on February 28, 2001?? I sure do. I was in high school and eating lunch with my friends..it started shaking, I stood up and looked around. Did not get under a table or in a doorway..nooo, just stood there in the middle of the commons and watched it all happen. It was 6.8

Yesterday, I came home from class to find Jesse at home working on some stuff. We talked for a few and then I went into the bathroom...yes, I said the bathroom. I then felt a little roll underneath my feet and then shaking. Big shaking..Jesse yelled from the kitchen and came running into the bathroom. "You okay Melissa. It's not stopping!" We think it shook for a good 10-15 secs before it stopped. And then it did a few little hiccups and then aftershocks started. We felt 3 of them. We are on the 3rd floor and we are the last floor so I feel like we felt it pretty good. It was exciting but scary. Down here we always hear "the big one is coming, the big one could come anytime!" So I freaked out and thought "this is it, crap".

We did however have a little damage. A wedding gift from a family friend fell of the shelf and broke. It was a really pretty plaque! And all our picture frames fell off the shelves or were turned sideways on the walls. Kind of funny actually. Not bad for a 5.4 only 7 miles deep and 10 miles from our house :)

So there is my earthquake story. It was a little weird that Jesse was home when it happened...he is never home at 11:40 in the morning. By never, I mean never. This was the first time. I am glad he was home though. I have always joked about being in the bathroom when an earthquake happens..and yes, I was. As long as I am not on Pirates of the Caribbean when it happens then we are okay. Random, but it is my fear-you are like 3 stories below the ground! Everything is wet and what if the power goes out!!

..these days..

My math class is almost over (one week from today!), we went to Lake Tahoe, met my mother-in-law's boyfriend, got new neighbors, booked a flight to WA, and are in the process of booking our first anniversary getaway!

Lots of things going on but here I am..sitting, watching Oprah, eating pudding, and blogging. Sometimes I think my life is boring...then I realize I need to study or clean, or do laundry, or cook dinner...you know the drill.

Jesse surprised me by calling my mom and asking what she thought about me going up to Washington for a week in August. It is perfect because I could use some friends and family right now. It's a bit lonely down here!!

We went to Lake Tahoe last weekend for 2 days and had the chance to meet Jesse's mom's boyfriend. He seems really nice. We will get to see them all again in about 2 weeks. Speaking of 2 weeks...our first anniversary is coming up!! How time flies!!! Jesse took the whole week off around our anniversary because he needed to use up vacation before it expired and it worked out perfect! We really wanted to go somewhere by the beach for our anniversary but the cost of hotels down here is outrageous! We would be spending close to $1000 for 3 nights. So we decided to head out to Palm Springs..a little heat never killed anyone..wait, yes it has, I am crazy to be heading there in August! It has been around 110 for the last week there! Anyways, we won't be outside without a pool anyways! We are planning to stay at The Springs of Palm Springs http://www.thespringsofps.com/index.php Check it out! It looks awesome! The King room has it's own jacuzzi tub and private cabana on each balcony...very relaxing! And we might be getting an aromatherapy massage :) Should be relaxing and just a wonderful time celebrating our first year!!

At the end of that week (August 4-8) we are heading to Manteca for a wedding! I just bought my dress today for it. It will be an outdoors wedding at 6:30 pm. As long as it cools off, we won't have a passed out bride :) haha Should be a good time though. I am looking forward to seeing Haylee and Jason all dressed up and gettin' hitched!!

And our new neighbors are two of my friends from APU...small world. It is nice having some people next door that speak to us though :) They are two really nice guys who I have done theatre with and it's a pleasure to have them as neighbors :) Until next time...what's new with you??

..no internet..

We have been lacking internet at our apartment so I am sorry but no real updates right now. Jesse and I are heading to Manteca tonight and then over to Lake Tahoe for the weekend.

I will update with pictures later :) Hope everyone is doing well!!