Non-midwesterners may or may not have heard that last week the region experienced a 5.2 magnitude tremblor. The next day everybody shared their experiences…here’s mine (from what I remember):

4:40 am : Wake up. Not sure why. Get up to use the bathroom and drink a glass of water.
4:41 am : Walk back to room and notice cat trying to cover something up.
4:42 am : Upon closer inspection notice that the cat is trying to cover freshly eaten food pellets. Clean up food pellets and wonder why the cat threw up just after eating.
4:43 am : Fall back asleep.
9:15 am : Realize at work that there was an earthquake around 4:36 am. Proceed to tell people that I didn’t feel anything, but my cat apparently did.
10:15 am : Receive Instant message that says: “Did you feel that? Aftershock!”
10:16 am : Nope.
4:45 pm : Arrive home and inspect apartment for crooked pictures or any signs of movement.
4:47 pm : Wonder to self if the tremblor affected anything in the apartment…or if my apartment is always slightly disheveled.

It’s probably always slightly disheveled.

(the end)

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