So, Sunday morning Marc & I are sound asleep in our warm cozy bed (keep in mind Marc didn't go to bed until 3:30am) and all the sudden our fire alarm starts going off.... I woke up and nudged Marc asking him if it was the fire alarm and he just moaned & rolled back over. So I jumped out of bed walked out in our front room & sure enough it was. So I walked out side & the whole apartment complex was going off. The sound was SOOO loud. At the same time I walked out my neighbor walked out (who doesn't speak very much English) and she had pure panic on her face. She just kept saying to me TEST? TEST? No one knew if there was a real fire or if it was a test.... So I grabbed my phone to call our front desk. After it rang like 10 times & we were all outside of the apartments I realized no one was even at the front desk. It was 8am on a Sunday!. My neighbor kept saying call 911, call 911 hurry.. I have never called 911, but I was the only one w/ a phone!. So, I called 911... They asked for my name,address, phone number & what was going on. I told her that the fire alarm was going off to our whole complex & no one knew if it was a drill or fire, but that everyone was leaving there apartments to go to the curb. She asked me if I could see smoke & I said no, but I can't see all the apartments. (Our whole complex is covered with beautiful tree's, so it blocks your view of all the apartments) So she told me to tell everyone not to go back inside & to go out to the curb, that there was already a fire truck coming. So of course Marc & I ran back inside (against advice) to grab our valuables & then headed out to the curb w/ the rest of the complex. The fire truck arrived & was walking around doing all sorts of stuff and talking about Elevator #5. Then they asked who was in apt #2118, which was us!. So they asked us to come w/ them & open our apt of course we are thinking what the heck is going on? Well because the call came from us & they got our address they mixed up the paperwork somewhere & they thought the fire was in our apt, even though the alarm was pulled on elevator #5.. so he came in our apt & was like there is no fire here.... I'm thinking, DUH!. So then he asks where we saw the smoke... (I am thinking WOW, our fire department needs a little work because I told the lady at least twice I didn't see any smoke) So I told him again, we didn't see any smoke my neighbor asked me to call because no one knew if there was a fire or if it was a drill... He said okay, asked a few other questions and then left. Well, turns out someone got stuck on Elevator #5 and the call button wasn't working so they pulled the fire alarm to get someones attention. That was a CrAzY morning, but a story I will remember forever!. Here are some pics we took while we were out on the curb waiting!. PJ's and all...
First thing my mom said when I called her was "This is why I always tell you not to sleep naked. What if you weren't able to find clothes in time!." What good advice I never grasped until now! :)
