The past week has been crazy! First of all, on Tuesday (July 1st) there was a fire in our home. Basically, it never really caught flame, it just smoldered (so I guess it's not really a fire). Our whole family smelled smoke the day before and all night long, but just assumed it was one of the many wild fires that are burning nearby. Early on Tuesday morning, my dad was watching the news to find out where the fire was (it had to be close, after all, it was getting hard to breathe within our home) but nothing was being reported. Finally, he went out and looked at our house. After a good inspection, he saw a thin stream of smoke pouring out of the backside of our roof. He evacuated and called 911. Janessa and I were woken after emergency personnel had already arrived--to my dad and cop in our room. Yeah, pretty exciting way to wake up.
So, for the next few hours, we sat out on the sidewalk and watched as firefighters went in and out. When they were through, we discovered that they had put out the fire by simply cutting out the rafters. Very little water was used so there wasn't much water damage to worry about. However, there's lots of smoke damage. They used fans at the entrances to circulate or something, and it blew soot everywhere, clear back to the most rear window sill. The fire occurred above the living room, and surprisingly, very few things were destroyed. The piano and the china hutch that my dad built were totally fine. However, we will need to replace our couch and carpet (which probably needed it anyway and now we'll get insurance to cover it :). ) Also, all life was saved too. Our cats ran out and the firefighter carried out our aquarium. (I guess a few spiders may have died though...)
So, the long and short of it is, we are now living in a motel and looking for a house to rent while necessary repairs are made.
Oh yeah, we took some cool pictures which will eventually be posted on Facebook. It's kind of hard without a computer (I'm posting this from the library).
