July 29, 2008: Doo's first earthquake!

So doo and I were doing our usual morning routine since I started maternity leave: wake up around 10:30, start breakfast, watch some TIVO...but in the middle of making my eggs, everything started shaking. I started grabbing on the counters and fridge cause for a second I thought I was fainting...I was freaking out because I couldn't get stable. After a few seconds I did realize it was an earthquake and turned off the gas stove, but I still didn't know where to go in my new apartment. Before I had to decide if I should run outside in my tank top and underwear (yes, no pants) the earthquake was over. It only lasted 30 seconds and rated a 5.4 originating from a suburb of LA according to the news. The phone lines were out, so luckily I went to the computer where Nick and I chat live while he's at work. He told me he was okay, but they evacuated since he was a little closer to the earthquake than I was. So far it looks like there was not too many injuries or damage in LA, which is good. This was not my first earthquake but the other ones have been barely noticeable, so this one really scared me. And because I got so worked up, I started contracting as well. I laid down for an hour afterwards and calmed down, so my contractions did stop. Doo was brave, but did not like the earthquake!