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elenearielThe more dramatic events are, the less I tend to post about them. And the less words I have to say about them.
So this will be short: yesterday morning we had a chimney fire, which turned out to be very small, thankfully, but we thought it might have caught the attic on fire. And so I was roused from my bed to call 911, my brother fetched the fire extinguisher, and my mom ran around being mostly useless. In five minutes we had four--FOUR--fire trucks in our yard, and about 15 firemen (most of them quite of the cute variety) crawling around the roof and attic, pouring salt down the stove pipe (yes, really), and telling us stories about their own chimney fires. I found this all very amusing, once I retreated to my room to dress and put on a little makeup.
Afterwards everyone else went to town to shop away their stress, and I stayed home and cleaned. Fire extinguishers make such a mess.
It's a heck of a way to get out of bed in the morning. More effective then an alarm and more invigorating then coffee.
Strange how this was one of my worst fears, and it hasn't made me noticibly more paranoid yet.
So this will be short: yesterday morning we had a chimney fire, which turned out to be very small, thankfully, but we thought it might have caught the attic on fire. And so I was roused from my bed to call 911, my brother fetched the fire extinguisher, and my mom ran around being mostly useless. In five minutes we had four--FOUR--fire trucks in our yard, and about 15 firemen (most of them quite of the cute variety) crawling around the roof and attic, pouring salt down the stove pipe (yes, really), and telling us stories about their own chimney fires. I found this all very amusing, once I retreated to my room to dress and put on a little makeup.
Afterwards everyone else went to town to shop away their stress, and I stayed home and cleaned. Fire extinguishers make such a mess.
It's a heck of a way to get out of bed in the morning. More effective then an alarm and more invigorating then coffee.
Strange how this was one of my worst fears, and it hasn't made me noticibly more paranoid yet.
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Date: 2004-12-04 09:53 am (UTC)Glad you're all okay! Fire scares me too. So does carbon minoxide...I was really paranoid about that one for a while. We have a detector now, but it's downstairs kind of far from our bedrooms.
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Date: 2004-12-04 10:15 am (UTC)I'm glad everything turned out alright for the most part!
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Date: 2004-12-04 10:24 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-12-04 10:25 am (UTC)I do the same thing. Both in LJ and my paper journal. It's hilarious, 9 times out of 10 if there's a 3-month gap in paper journal entries, that means something big must have happened. lol I guess I do that because I don't want to rehash everything.
At any rate! Again, I'm glad you guys are okay -- and praise God for the sense of peace He's given you about it!
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Date: 2004-12-04 11:13 am (UTC)and about 15 firemen (most of them quite of the cute variety)
Oh yes. Firemen are always so adorable. :-D
Fire Drills
Date: 2004-12-04 11:35 am (UTC)The only exciting fire-related things I've enjoyed recently are the dorm fire drills, in which we all have to leave the building and stand in the cold for a brief span.
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Date: 2004-12-04 01:17 pm (UTC)about 15 firemen (most of them quite of the cute variety)
LOL! Those are the best kind, you know. ;)
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Date: 2004-12-04 06:36 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-12-05 05:01 pm (UTC)But - I am very glad it was not serious!!