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You know what's really awful?
Your heater setting off your smoke alarm.
At 2:30 in the morning.
Since it finally dropped into the forties last night, we turned the heater on before going to bed, setting it at 70 and then we went off to sleep.
And at 2:30, our smoke alarm went off.
It just happened to coincide with the time the heater clicked on.
Because apparently when you haven't used your heater in 10 months, cranking it up for the first time is a fire hazard.
My hubby and I spent several minutes groggily checking every outlet in the house, trying to figure out where the fire was, what that smell was, and praying the sprinkler system (seminary apartment, remember?) didn't go off.
It finally hit my husband (I was staring stupidly at the toaster, sure it was the culprit) that it was the heater. We got the alarm to stop ringing and made our way back to bed.
So I'm kind of concerned that something in the heater caused our alarms to go off, and if it happens again I'll probably call maintenance.
But if the thing wakes me up again in the middle of the night, I'm not responsible for the hole in the wall I will leave after I rip it out and toss it to the curb.
I'm also not responsible for typos and bad grammar in a post written the day after I'm woken up by the smoke alarm.
(I like my sleep, in case that wasn't blatantly obvious.)
Monday, November 17, 2008
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9 comments:
So sorry you awaken SO RUDELY!!!
But your story DID make me laugh!
Hey - Trying to work something out with Mama Belle and hopefully YOU...to come to NOLA for the Jewelry show that starts this weekend. Monday is my birthday and I was gonna take the day off to go. Not sure when Mama Belle had planned to go. Of course the only day that I cannot go is Sunday. You game?
are you sure you weren't just craving toast at 2am?
Oh, my! Something like that in the middle of the night is scary! Glad the sprinkler system did not go off and that everything was okay.
Oh so sorry!! I too need my sleep. My kids used to try to get by me and get to their dad if they needed anything in the night. Once I sat straight up and said "whose there?!" My son peered over the bed, he was crawling commando style to get to his dad, and said "i'm sick, I need dad" Isn't that sad?!! I just don't wake up from a dead sleep very nicely!!
Maybe you should have that checked out. It would stink if the smoke alarm woke you up again. But I have to say that your story reminded me of a similar situation that happened when my husband was at seminary and I was there to visit. The alarm went off in the middle of the night in the dorm rooms. Since I was not familiar with the dorm, I was very scared. Thank God that the girl next door to my room came and got me to lead me out or else I would still be there!!! :-) Have a great day.
argh! No fun. I do have to chuckle that it got down in the 40's! Why that is nearly summer in MN! :)
Ok, really it's not even close but I like joking about it with people not from here because the people FROM here take summer and hot weather seriously. Rob included. I had to send him an email about WHY winter should be special to him! (I started wrting more but decided it would be a good post...for later)
I am SO greatful that this was a false alerm for you and I hope that IF it must happen again that it happens at !0PM or sooner!
I'm STILL chuckling about the temp!
We rely on our wood stove for our heat. Our heater hasn't come on in over 5 years. About a month ago though my youngest son thought he would try it out and the same thing happened. The house filled with smoke and the alarm went off. I guess I will have to turn it on occasionally to burn off the dust.
i know this is late... its just dust. wont happen again.. i guess u know that by now.
Blessings
You like your sleep, and you like hot humid air... At least we know enough to set our thermostat to 68, not 70. Bet that was the problem. :)
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