Shake, rattle and roll!

I want you all to think of the scariest place to be in an earthquake. Alright, in a basement or at the bottom of a massive mudslide come to mind but I'm thinking of a tiny quake, right here in the middle of Capital. Nobody? Alright, how about a wine store with open shelving and large amounts of bottles that could fall at any moment creating a huge mess of sticky (staining!) grape juice? Yeah, terrifying, I know!

Well my worst nightmare almost happened yesterday. There was a 4.5 magnitude quake that shook up everything in the store. I mean bottles were clinking together! I’m there behind my cash panicking about where I should run or what I should save first! Honestly I was thinking of Jackson-Triggs Gold Label Meritage (best Meritage ever! We only have 6 bottles left…) or the Inniskillin Cabernet Franc Icewine (80 bucks a pop!). Isn’t it sad that I was more concerned with the wine than my own safety?? Look at what retail has done to me! *gah* But to be truthful, I didn’t move an inch. I merely stared wide eyed at the little girl and her mother in the store. They both laughed at me… evil them. I haven’t felt an earthquake in at least 10 years… they’re kinda scary O.o

Speaking of retail, I gave in my resignation for the Bay on Wednesday. I was all cool about it on the way there but as soon as I spoke to my manager I got a little choked up. No crying for me but at least I didn’t burn any bridges on the way out. But I was a little depressed about it; we ended up eating at Wendy’s after. I really wasn’t in a great mood to say no to Phil anyway (he’s seriously addicted to that place!) in any case, as it turned out, my last day was yesterday. I said good bye to a lot of the people there and then sauntered off to work at the wine store. Needless to say the day did end with a little bit of a “shocker”…