Been an insane week. Smelled smoke one night at like 3am, turned out there was a sizable fire in a (large, plastic) trashcan in the bathroom downstairs, smoke everywhere. Someone I lived with had put a cigarette out or something... I yelled fire and someone else pulled an alarm, but I pulled/kicked the trashcan into the shower and turned on the water before I ran out. Firefighters said that was a smart move :). One hell of a scare. Then the other night my girlfriend called me over to help with a unstable and sketchy domestic situation in the building she RA's. Really scary to see the stuff you hear about in real life... On top of all that, been fucking up my sleep schedule trying to get on top of finals. And despite all the work, I'm still not going to pass one of my classes. But whatever, life goes on. It's all over by Monday, then some vacation time with my best buddies. Can't freakin wait. sips beer and sighs Still left with a lot of questions about who I am too. finishes beer Thanks for listening hubski
(Thanks!) Hmm, that's really annoying, could it be a carbon monoxide alarm? Gotta say, a few of my housemates didn't react to the fire alarm until we all came running downstairs screaming "get out!", which is kinda frightening, some people are conditioned to think - "oh its probably a prank, or a drill, or a some other reason I shouldn't react". Hard to judge when the real thing is happening... Be safe!
Yeah, that's why we opened all the windows. One room is locked and might have someone sleeping in it - we can't tell, he won't answer our calls, but it isn't fire because we'd have noticed that by now. I really hope it is not something awful. Chance is slim, though. Our fire alarm goes off at least once a week because someone cooks terribly. Whenever it goes on for longer or more often than that, people do react, thankfully. It does help that our fire alarm is about as loud as an air horn - can't really be ignored. Which makes it all the more annoying that we're now entering hour 4 of fire alarm bonanza.