Well, have I got the story for you.....IT all started last week for thanksgiving. My family all spent the day together while I went to Oklahoma and then on to Dallas/Grapevine to the Great Wolf Lodge (an indoor waterpark) with Jeff, Maddy, Emma and Maggie. On Wednesday evening, Jeff and I met at the airport in Oklahoma City and stayed the night, got up the next morning and drove to Lawton to pick up Maddy and Emma. Thursday was Maddy's birthday so we had to make sure it was super special. We drove down to Grapevine and checked into the hotel. We quickly learned that in addition to the indoor waterpark, the hotel also had a very fun and entertaining scavenger hunt to become a Master Magi. The quest as it is called takes you on adventures all over the hotel and up and down 8 flights of stairs, BTW if you use the elevator, you lose points.... So we took the stairs. We spent the next few days climbing stairs for both up and down and up and down, the quest and the water slides required stairs. After the end of a 4 day weekend climbing about 3 million stairs, my calves were aching and I was ready for a break.
So Sunday morning we had to fly home. Jeff's flight left at 625 am and mine at 710, so I had a few minutes to spare and sit and miss Jeff as he left. Yes, I cried like a little baby, but I want you to know, I did so in the privacy of my own bathroom stall, just like the little squirrel from Sword in the Stone! Yes ma'am, accompanied with the little whimpers too.
But the highlight of my day was when I landed in Phoenix for an almost three hour layover, and my mom, dad and little miss Piper came to the airport to see me for a bit. Which is when it all went down hill...
Now I mentioned that the whole family was together in Phoenix for Thanksgiving right.... Well Uncle Rick's grand children brought over lice. Uh huh, thats what I said, LICE. GROSSSSSS!!!!! My scalp itches just thinking about it.
So my mom calls me and tells me that she was not sure if they had it but since we got together on Sunday, there was definatly a chance that I may have caught it. GROSS! So she let me know that her and my dad had bought the shampoo and run it through their hair just to be on the safe side, and I should as well. Additionally, I should wash my sheets and put the pillows in the dryer to kill any such bugs I may have contracted.
So, I bought the shampoo, went home started laundry and proceeded to wash my hair. Now if you have ever had to deal with this, you may know about what a pleasant experience this can be, however; its not as grand as one may expect. So I shampooed, and washed the clothes. And I stripped the bed and got everything ready to finish washing. I didn't have to worry too much since I wasn't really home much and the only place I had been in the house, was in my bed for a very short amount of time. Around 830 I realized it was nearly time for bed. The truth was that I really wanted to be in bed around 730, but there were no sheets on the bed so I would have to wait. I made the bed and pulled the last load out and put it in the basket, put the pillows in the dryer and sat down to finish sewing two name patches on my uniforms. About that time is when all hell broke loose.
The dryer started to make a very unhealthy noises, which actually sounded like it was going to over heat. so I opened the dryer, and what to my wondrous eyes did appear, a big puff of smoke followed by shooting flames out my dryer. OMG my dryer is on fire! OMG OMG OMG what do I do........
Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm............................................................
Oh, I know, i'll throw a cup a water on it.... surely that will put out my fire... WRONG!
ummmmmmmmmmm. how bout another cut, and another and another? OMG the fire alarm is now going off and there is a lot of smoke in the house. OMG I'M BURNING DOWN THE BUILDING.......Ok, Clearly i need to get out and um...... call 911, right! ok.... wait what? HOLD? ARE YOU F%*$ing kidding me????? Oh, hello fire extinguisher! I think i'll run back into a burning room and spray this to help put it out... OH NO THE SPRINKLERS ARE ON NOW......... Ok, move the computer, pick up the shoes... get the F out, you big idiot! Purse, keys, id, phone.... Check.... Still on hold..... OMG OMG OMG.........well, the fires is out and now my apartment is flooding......
I wonder how much trouble i'm going to be in? um........ Oh hello operator, i'm glad you finally came on the line. "My dryer caught fire, the sprinklers are on now, how many times do i need to repeat my address for you... OMG just send the damn fire trucks." Oh I really hope the
Needless to say I did not get to bed before 9pm that night.
So the fire department showed up and they turned off the alarm, and the sprinklers, and de-smoked and de-watered as best they could, but the damage was already done. My night is officially ruined.
After much dealing with everything and getting over it all, I checked myself into a hotel down the road, called the insurance company and my parents. Again, the squirrel came out to say hello....
My dad answers with "whats wrong?" What? Why would you think anything was wrong when I call you at midnight????
My dryer caught on fire and i'm homeless and can you please come over here?
Did I mention that I leave for deployment next week and I had not packed my apartment or done much to get ready to move out. I was actually preparing for it this weekend...
Well, the great life lesson to this is to be careful what you wish for.... I didn't want to pack my own apartment... and I did not have to. These really wonderful restoration company came out and took all of my belongings, packed them up for me, and took them to their office building to do some treatment on them to remove the smell and smoke stuff.
And now the contents of my apartment are safely stored in a pod unit somewhere in San Diego. I have concern that in 4 months, when I return from deployment that a great deal of stuff may be lost and unsalvageable from the smell. I just hope not too bad. It smelled so bad.
So long story short and the morale of the story, be careful what you wish for, you may get it in a way you never expected. But, if that happens, there are some great companies and wonderful people who will help you along the way. Thank goodness for them, their sensitivity, generosity and care. And please be careful with your dryer. Clean out the lint trap, but also the vent leading outside, and keep it cleaned out.
So Sunday morning we had to fly home. Jeff's flight left at 625 am and mine at 710, so I had a few minutes to spare and sit and miss Jeff as he left. Yes, I cried like a little baby, but I want you to know, I did so in the privacy of my own bathroom stall, just like the little squirrel from Sword in the Stone! Yes ma'am, accompanied with the little whimpers too.
But the highlight of my day was when I landed in Phoenix for an almost three hour layover, and my mom, dad and little miss Piper came to the airport to see me for a bit. Which is when it all went down hill...
Now I mentioned that the whole family was together in Phoenix for Thanksgiving right.... Well Uncle Rick's grand children brought over lice. Uh huh, thats what I said, LICE. GROSSSSSS!!!!! My scalp itches just thinking about it.
So my mom calls me and tells me that she was not sure if they had it but since we got together on Sunday, there was definatly a chance that I may have caught it. GROSS! So she let me know that her and my dad had bought the shampoo and run it through their hair just to be on the safe side, and I should as well. Additionally, I should wash my sheets and put the pillows in the dryer to kill any such bugs I may have contracted.
So, I bought the shampoo, went home started laundry and proceeded to wash my hair. Now if you have ever had to deal with this, you may know about what a pleasant experience this can be, however; its not as grand as one may expect. So I shampooed, and washed the clothes. And I stripped the bed and got everything ready to finish washing. I didn't have to worry too much since I wasn't really home much and the only place I had been in the house, was in my bed for a very short amount of time. Around 830 I realized it was nearly time for bed. The truth was that I really wanted to be in bed around 730, but there were no sheets on the bed so I would have to wait. I made the bed and pulled the last load out and put it in the basket, put the pillows in the dryer and sat down to finish sewing two name patches on my uniforms. About that time is when all hell broke loose.
The dryer started to make a very unhealthy noises, which actually sounded like it was going to over heat. so I opened the dryer, and what to my wondrous eyes did appear, a big puff of smoke followed by shooting flames out my dryer. OMG my dryer is on fire! OMG OMG OMG what do I do........
Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm............................................................
Oh, I know, i'll throw a cup a water on it.... surely that will put out my fire... WRONG!
ummmmmmmmmmm. how bout another cut, and another and another? OMG the fire alarm is now going off and there is a lot of smoke in the house. OMG I'M BURNING DOWN THE BUILDING.......Ok, Clearly i need to get out and um...... call 911, right! ok.... wait what? HOLD? ARE YOU F%*$ing kidding me????? Oh, hello fire extinguisher! I think i'll run back into a burning room and spray this to help put it out... OH NO THE SPRINKLERS ARE ON NOW......... Ok, move the computer, pick up the shoes... get the F out, you big idiot! Purse, keys, id, phone.... Check.... Still on hold..... OMG OMG OMG.........well, the fires is out and now my apartment is flooding......
I wonder how much trouble i'm going to be in? um........ Oh hello operator, i'm glad you finally came on the line. "My dryer caught fire, the sprinklers are on now, how many times do i need to repeat my address for you... OMG just send the damn fire trucks." Oh I really hope the
Needless to say I did not get to bed before 9pm that night.
So the fire department showed up and they turned off the alarm, and the sprinklers, and de-smoked and de-watered as best they could, but the damage was already done. My night is officially ruined.
After much dealing with everything and getting over it all, I checked myself into a hotel down the road, called the insurance company and my parents. Again, the squirrel came out to say hello....
My dad answers with "whats wrong?" What? Why would you think anything was wrong when I call you at midnight????
My dryer caught on fire and i'm homeless and can you please come over here?
Did I mention that I leave for deployment next week and I had not packed my apartment or done much to get ready to move out. I was actually preparing for it this weekend...
Well, the great life lesson to this is to be careful what you wish for.... I didn't want to pack my own apartment... and I did not have to. These really wonderful restoration company came out and took all of my belongings, packed them up for me, and took them to their office building to do some treatment on them to remove the smell and smoke stuff.
And now the contents of my apartment are safely stored in a pod unit somewhere in San Diego. I have concern that in 4 months, when I return from deployment that a great deal of stuff may be lost and unsalvageable from the smell. I just hope not too bad. It smelled so bad.
So long story short and the morale of the story, be careful what you wish for, you may get it in a way you never expected. But, if that happens, there are some great companies and wonderful people who will help you along the way. Thank goodness for them, their sensitivity, generosity and care. And please be careful with your dryer. Clean out the lint trap, but also the vent leading outside, and keep it cleaned out.
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