Fire, Water, Burn

Hi everyone...I'm back again!

At 4:30 am our fire alarm went off.

We are jolted out of a deep sleep. We shove our 4 cats into carriers
and go outside. Kumani is so scared she pees, on us, our floor, and
her box.

There's no fire, but there IS a fountain in the middle of the road and
the parking lot is under water.

A water main broke. The fire alarm goes off because the water supply
is messed up (because if there were a real fire the fire dep't
couldn't get water from the hydrants).

It's cold out, REALLY cold, and the icy air and the exertion of
carrying two fat cats down 3 flights of stairs after awakening from a
dead sleep gives me a dirty asthma attack - fortunatley I forgot my
new inhaler in the car the night before so I put that to some good
use.

We go home and try to mop up the cat pee and soak our clothes and
stuff. But we can't go back to sleep...

the fire alarm KEEPS going off periodically all morning and all
afternoon. Once the water in the pipes was used up, there was no more
water. I had to go to a job interview this morning feeling like a hobo
from having had a sponge bath using the water left in my kettle last
night, and there isn't even enough water to make coffee!!!

Poor Kumani spent the rest of the morning under the blanket, not a
whisker showing, and the afternoon in the couch (not on, *in*.) She
slunk out in the evening, after the alarms had finally stopped.

I hope everyone has a good laugh at this. The fact that I'm going to
be laughing about it tomorrow is the only thing stopping me from going
out on the balcony and screaming obscenities right now!

--Fil

Enfilade wrote:

Hi everyone...I'm back again!

At 4:30 am our fire alarm went off.

We are jolted out of a deep sleep. We shove our 4 cats into carriers
and go outside. Kumani is so scared she pees, on us, our floor, and
her box.

There's no fire, but there IS a fountain in the middle of the road and
the parking lot is under water.

A water main broke. The fire alarm goes off because the water supply
is messed up (because if there were a real fire the fire dep't
couldn't get water from the hydrants).

It's cold out, REALLY cold, and the icy air and the exertion of
carrying two fat cats down 3 flights of stairs after awakening from a
dead sleep gives me a dirty asthma attack - fortunatley I forgot my
new inhaler in the car the night before so I put that to some good
use.

We go home and try to mop up the cat pee and soak our clothes and
stuff. But we can't go back to sleep...

the fire alarm KEEPS going off periodically all morning and all
afternoon. Once the water in the pipes was used up, there was no more
water. I had to go to a job interview this morning feeling like a hobo
from having had a sponge bath using the water left in my kettle last
night, and there isn't even enough water to make coffee!!!

Poor Kumani spent the rest of the morning under the blanket, not a
whisker showing, and the afternoon in the couch (not on, *in*.) She
slunk out in the evening, after the alarms had finally stopped.

I hope everyone has a good laugh at this. The fact that I'm going to
be laughing about it tomorrow is the only thing stopping me from going
out on the balcony and screaming obscenities right now!


I actually didn't laugh at this, because it sounds really annoying!
I realize the alarm is there for a good reason, and it goes off when
the water pipe is broken, also for a good reason, but that doesn't
mean it's not annoying when it happens. Purrs for better rest tonight.
And for a job offer!

The fact that you were able to get all 4 cats into carriers when an
alarm was going off is stupendously impressive! My biggest fear is
having a real fire and not being able to find Licky.

Joyce

--
There is, incidently, no way of talking about cats that enables one
to come off as a sane person. -- Dan Greenberg

"Enfilade" wrote in message
...
Hi everyone...I'm back again!

At 4:30 am our fire alarm went off.

We are jolted out of a deep sleep. We shove our 4 cats into carriers
and go outside. Kumani is so scared she pees, on us, our floor, and
her box.

There's no fire, but there IS a fountain in the middle of the road and
the parking lot is under water.

A water main broke. The fire alarm goes off because the water supply
is messed up (because if there were a real fire the fire dep't
couldn't get water from the hydrants).

It's cold out, REALLY cold, and the icy air and the exertion of
carrying two fat cats down 3 flights of stairs after awakening from a
dead sleep gives me a dirty asthma attack - fortunatley I forgot my
new inhaler in the car the night before so I put that to some good
use.

We go home and try to mop up the cat pee and soak our clothes and
stuff. But we can't go back to sleep...

the fire alarm KEEPS going off periodically all morning and all
afternoon. Once the water in the pipes was used up, there was no more
water. I had to go to a job interview this morning feeling like a hobo
from having had a sponge bath using the water left in my kettle last
night, and there isn't even enough water to make coffee!!!

Poor Kumani spent the rest of the morning under the blanket, not a
whisker showing, and the afternoon in the couch (not on, *in*.) She
slunk out in the evening, after the alarms had finally stopped.

I hope everyone has a good laugh at this. The fact that I'm going to
be laughing about it tomorrow is the only thing stopping me from going
out on the balcony and screaming obscenities right now!

--Fil

I'll wait to do my laughing when you do. It sounds pretty miserable to me!
Poor you, and pour cats!

Joy

"Enfilade" wrote in message
...
Hi everyone...I'm back again!

At 4:30 am our fire alarm went off.

We are jolted out of a deep sleep. We shove our 4 cats into
carriers
and go outside. Kumani is so scared she pees, on us, our floor,
and
her box.

There's no fire, but there IS a fountain in the middle of the road
and
the parking lot is under water.

A water main broke. The fire alarm goes off because the water
supply
is messed up (because if there were a real fire the fire dep't
couldn't get water from the hydrants).

It's cold out, REALLY cold, and the icy air and the exertion of
carrying two fat cats down 3 flights of stairs after awakening
from a
dead sleep gives me a dirty asthma attack - fortunatley I forgot
my
new inhaler in the car the night before so I put that to some good
use.

We go home and try to mop up the cat pee and soak our clothes and
stuff. But we can't go back to sleep...

the fire alarm KEEPS going off periodically all morning and all
afternoon. Once the water in the pipes was used up, there was no
more
water. I had to go to a job interview this morning feeling like a
hobo
from having had a sponge bath using the water left in my kettle
last
night, and there isn't even enough water to make coffee!!!

Poor Kumani spent the rest of the morning under the blanket, not a
whisker showing, and the afternoon in the couch (not on, *in*.)
She
slunk out in the evening, after the alarms had finally stopped.

I hope everyone has a good laugh at this. The fact that I'm going
to
be laughing about it tomorrow is the only thing stopping me from
going
out on the balcony and screaming obscenities right now!

--Fil

I suspect if you did go out onto the balcony to scream, some of your
neighbors might be out doing their version of the very same thing.

Poor Kumani, yes. But poor you as well!

Jo

Enfilade wrote:
Hi everyone...I'm back again!

At 4:30 am our fire alarm went off.

We are jolted out of a deep sleep. We shove our 4 cats into carriers
and go outside. Kumani is so scared she pees, on us, our floor, and
her box.

There's no fire, but there IS a fountain in the middle of the road and
the parking lot is under water.

A water main broke. The fire alarm goes off because the water supply
is messed up (because if there were a real fire the fire dep't
couldn't get water from the hydrants).

It's cold out, REALLY cold, and the icy air and the exertion of
carrying two fat cats down 3 flights of stairs after awakening from a
dead sleep gives me a dirty asthma attack - fortunatley I forgot my
new inhaler in the car the night before so I put that to some good
use.

We go home and try to mop up the cat pee and soak our clothes and
stuff. But we can't go back to sleep...

the fire alarm KEEPS going off periodically all morning and all
afternoon. Once the water in the pipes was used up, there was no more
water. I had to go to a job interview this morning feeling like a hobo
from having had a sponge bath using the water left in my kettle last
night, and there isn't even enough water to make coffee!!!

Poor Kumani spent the rest of the morning under the blanket, not a
whisker showing, and the afternoon in the couch (not on, *in*.) She
slunk out in the evening, after the alarms had finally stopped.

I hope everyone has a good laugh at this. The fact that I'm going to
be laughing about it tomorrow is the only thing stopping me from going
out on the balcony and screaming obscenities right now!

Well, it would be kind of funny if I hadn't woken up at 2.30 myself and
couldn't go back to sleep after that. Hope Kumani has recovered from her
fright.

--
Marina, Miranda and Caliban.
In loving memory of Frank and Nikki.

Enfilade wrote:
Hi everyone...I'm back again!

At 4:30 am our fire alarm went off.

We are jolted out of a deep sleep. We shove our 4 cats into carriers
and go outside. Kumani is so scared she pees, on us, our floor, and
her box.

There's no fire, but there IS a fountain in the middle of the road and
the parking lot is under water.

A water main broke. The fire alarm goes off because the water supply
is messed up (because if there were a real fire the fire dep't
couldn't get water from the hydrants).

It's cold out, REALLY cold, and the icy air and the exertion of
carrying two fat cats down 3 flights of stairs after awakening from a
dead sleep gives me a dirty asthma attack - fortunatley I forgot my
new inhaler in the car the night before so I put that to some good
use.

We go home and try to mop up the cat pee and soak our clothes and
stuff. But we can't go back to sleep...

the fire alarm KEEPS going off periodically all morning and all
afternoon. Once the water in the pipes was used up, there was no more
water. I had to go to a job interview this morning feeling like a hobo
from having had a sponge bath using the water left in my kettle last
night, and there isn't even enough water to make coffee!!!

Poor Kumani spent the rest of the morning under the blanket, not a
whisker showing, and the afternoon in the couch (not on, *in*.) She
slunk out in the evening, after the alarms had finally stopped.

I hope everyone has a good laugh at this. The fact that I'm going to
be laughing about it tomorrow is the only thing stopping me from going
out on the balcony and screaming obscenities right now!

--Fil


IMHO that is no laughing matter. What an awful night. Purrs that the
kitty and friends will settle down and be peaceful again. MLB

Enfilade wrote:
Hi everyone...I'm back again!

At 4:30 am our fire alarm went off.

We are jolted out of a deep sleep. We shove our 4 cats into carriers
and go outside. Kumani is so scared she pees, on us, our floor, and
her box.

There's no fire, but there IS a fountain in the middle of the road and
the parking lot is under water.

A water main broke. The fire alarm goes off because the water supply
is messed up (because if there were a real fire the fire dep't
couldn't get water from the hydrants).

It's cold out, REALLY cold, and the icy air and the exertion of
carrying two fat cats down 3 flights of stairs after awakening from a
dead sleep gives me a dirty asthma attack - fortunatley I forgot my
new inhaler in the car the night before so I put that to some good
use.

We go home and try to mop up the cat pee and soak our clothes and
stuff. But we can't go back to sleep...

the fire alarm KEEPS going off periodically all morning and all
afternoon. Once the water in the pipes was used up, there was no more
water. I had to go to a job interview this morning feeling like a hobo
from having had a sponge bath using the water left in my kettle last
night, and there isn't even enough water to make coffee!!!

Poor Kumani spent the rest of the morning under the blanket, not a
whisker showing, and the afternoon in the couch (not on, *in*.) She
slunk out in the evening, after the alarms had finally stopped.

I hope everyone has a good laugh at this. The fact that I'm going to
be laughing about it tomorrow is the only thing stopping me from going
out on the balcony and screaming obscenities right now!

--Fil

Very few people here would laugh at other's misfortune. Good luck with the
interview.
--
Adrian (Owned by Snoopy, Bagheera & Shadow)
Cats leave pawprints on your heart
http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk

It's less that I thought people would take sadistic delight at the
misfortunes of others, and more that this whole thing took on the
qualities of a farce to me.

I mean, the fire alarm going off because of a water problem, not a
fire problem....

....nothing's so bad that being covered in pee can't make it worse...

....washing from a kettle is inheritly ludicrous, and in the choice
between laugh and cry, I prefer laugh.... (if you go crazy FIRST and
get that part over with, the rest is a lot more tolerable)

and partly relief that it was't a real fire, then it would have been
no laughing matter, and I suspect I was also in a weird mood from lack
of sleep.

At any rate, Kumani is fine, the water is fixed, and I got an offer
for a seasonal position today. Seasonal work's not my ideal, but
it'll get me through the holidays so I won't have to dip into my
savings and it doesn't interfere with my night job.

--Fil



I hope everyone has a good laugh at this. The fact that I'm going to
be laughing about it tomorrow is the only thing stopping me from going
out on the balcony and screaming obscenities right now!

--Fil

Very few people here would laugh at other's misfortune. Good luck with the
interview.
--
Adrian (Owned by Snoopy, Bagheera & Shadow)
Cats leave pawprints on your hearthttp://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk

Enfilade wrote:

...nothing's so bad that being covered in pee can't make it worse...

I think this statement needs to go in my quote file.

and partly relief that it was't a real fire, then it would have been
no laughing matter

That's certainly true.

At any rate, Kumani is fine, the water is fixed, and I got an offer
for a seasonal position today.

Hooray!! It wasn't a total loss of a day, then! Congratulations.

Seasonal work's not my ideal, but
it'll get me through the holidays so I won't have to dip into my
savings and it doesn't interfere with my night job.

Income: not to be sneezed at.

Joyce

--
A black cat crossing your path signifies that the animal is going
somewhere.
-- Groucho Marx

"Enfilade" wrote in message
...
Hi everyone...I'm back again!

At 4:30 am our fire alarm went off.

We are jolted out of a deep sleep. We shove our 4 cats into carriers
and go outside. Kumani is so scared she pees, on us, our floor, and
her box.

There's no fire, but there IS a fountain in the middle of the road and
the parking lot is under water.

A water main broke. The fire alarm goes off because the water supply
is messed up (because if there were a real fire the fire dep't
couldn't get water from the hydrants).

It's cold out, REALLY cold, and the icy air and the exertion of
carrying two fat cats down 3 flights of stairs after awakening from a
dead sleep gives me a dirty asthma attack - fortunatley I forgot my
new inhaler in the car the night before so I put that to some good
use.

We go home and try to mop up the cat pee and soak our clothes and
stuff. But we can't go back to sleep...

the fire alarm KEEPS going off periodically all morning and all
afternoon. Once the water in the pipes was used up, there was no more
water. I had to go to a job interview this morning feeling like a hobo
from having had a sponge bath using the water left in my kettle last
night, and there isn't even enough water to make coffee!!!

Poor Kumani spent the rest of the morning under the blanket, not a
whisker showing, and the afternoon in the couch (not on, *in*.) She
slunk out in the evening, after the alarms had finally stopped.

I hope everyone has a good laugh at this. The fact that I'm going to
be laughing about it tomorrow is the only thing stopping me from going
out on the balcony and screaming obscenities right now!

--Fil

Welcome back and no I'm not laughing either. Evacuations are not fun, no
matter what reason they are necessary. I'm impressed that you were able to
get all four of them into carriers in jig time. I pray I never have to do
that with the Fayetteville Mafia

Pam S.