question: There is an orientation that I need to go to in order to learn about the school and sign up for classes before they get filled . This orientation is held on two days at the end of July , Monday the 28th and Wednesday the 30th . Crap !
Q: Why is the orientation only held on two possible days out of the year ?

answer: They do not have the resources , staff wise or money wise , to run multiple orientations

question: I met with my advisor / prof yesterday about my upcoming paper . In the process of emails and the meeting , he offered me a super sweet deal on a faculty apartment near the school . I took it and had to drag my stuff there this morning .
Q: What type of school is the narrator in ?

answer: They are at university .

question: I experienced my first earthquake today . At first my chair was kind of wobbling and I thought one of the cats was trying to climb up the back of it . But I turned around and there was no cat and the shaking had stopped . So I turned back to my desk and the wobbling began again and I seriously wondered if I was having a seizure or something .
Q: What may be the reason why they have n't experienced an earthquake ?

answer:
They just moved to an earthquake prone area .