I've known for a long time that I'm a heavy sleeper. Once the police chased a man in our neighborhood when we lived in Columbia, Md. They flew directly overhead in a helicopter with the search lights going. It woke all the neighbors up but I slept through it all.
Yesterday I was taking a nap. I hadn't slept well the night before and the percocet has really wreaked havoc with my schedule. TB was out at the store and Kristin's friends were picked up so I decided I could take a nap. When I woke up, I felt rather disoriented and there was a burning smell in the room. I thought our fan had overheated and turned it off. I started to exit the bedroom and then TB came in, looking very upset. He said he'd hurt the house.
Hurt the house?
While I was napping, he came in with a surprise for me--a brand new microwave he'd gotten on sale at Lowe's. He set it down on the stove top and went to get the other stuff he bought, including several bags of salt for the house. The salt takes the a lot of the iron and stuff out of the well water.
He and Kristin loaded in the salt and then came into the house and right away smelled smoke. One of the burners on the stove was on! I guess it was turned on accidentally when TB put the microwave on it. It's really big. Anyway, TB says there was pandemonium with him, Kristin & Heidi trying to figure out how to put out the fire, save the microwave and get the burning cardboard box out of the house. The smoke alarm went off and they were all yelling.
"When did all this happen?" I asked, trying to take it all in.
An hour ago. An hour ago? I slept through the whole thing! That's a very scary thought. Thank God, no one was hurt and the microwave wasn't damaged. There's a big burn on our linoleum floor, though, and another burn on the carpet. There is a really nasty smell in the house that makes me want to gag. But it could have been a whole lot worse!
YIKES! :( That must have been really scary for everybody....... I'm glad y'all are ok.........
Posted by: Nancy in PA at September 18, 2005 06:09 PM