Fire Drill at Midnight!!!

Wednesday, March 05, 2008

Last night at a little after midnight the fire alarm in our apartment building started blaring. (there are many rooms - 5 floors) I didn't know what in the world was going on at first. Charity had just gone to sleep and I was headed that way. So, we had a one week celebration of living in our complex by standing out in the cold for 20 mins while the firefighters tried to figure out what happened. It's funny what you think to grab on your way out. I seriously thought it might be a fire. So I grabbed all my glasses and a jacket. I wanted to make sure I could see at least and wouldn't freeze to death- nevermind all my other crap. It is amusing now looking back. tI still don't know what happened. I don't think there was a fire; perhaps someone tampered with the alarm.
While no one likes to get up at midnight to go stand outside, I was thankful that we have a system to let us know that if we don't get out we could get burned up. Many of the tenants out front used this time to moan about every possible thing imaginable concerning our landlords. Give me a break. They made me want to hurl. I believe most of them were college students and they just had this edge that said, "Dang, I'm so smart and I rent from idiots." No one is begging them to come live here; weird that they choose to live somewhere they hate. Some people just live drama just to get attention. Cranky people aren't any fun to be around. Cheer up! At least we are safe and not inhaling smoke right now.