I never thought I'd see the day [or night in this case]...

When my mom woke me up to tell me there might be a fire somewhere in the house. It was about midnight last night and we were watching Aaron [the little kid we used to watch almost everyday, which we only watch on an occasion now] and he was sleeping downstairs [on the main level] So Colleen set up a cot next to him and I was sleeping on the couch. My mom woke us all up and said "I smell burning, we can't find anything but I called the fire department, I told them it wasn't an emergency." I don't know why, but I freaked, a fire in my house?! My mom even said we might need to leave.




We walked around waiting for them to come which seemed like forever. Then, they came, with a hook and ladder truck and an ambulance. I thought Aaron would be freaked out, but he said "I want to see!" So I lifted him up so he could see out the window. Then when they came inside Aaron got sorta scared, he thought they were going to hurt him. Awww. There were two firemen, an older "Captain" and a younger [very cute!] fireman that looked only in his twenties. I would hate to be a fireman..[Excuse me...Firelady] Waking up each day and not knowing if I'm going to wake up the next day. Sure, I love helping people, but, I just don't think I could ever do that. So, kudos to any and all firemen, police, etc...



So they went downstairs into the basement, [thats where we smelled it] and we had to stay upstairs, they were moving a bunch of stuff around and making lots of noise, they came back upstairs a few minutes later, they said it was the dryer. So now we need a new dryer. I hope we get one like this;

Or maybe in red! [Haha, yeah right.]


But then Aaron started to get scared so the younger guy showed Aaron all his gadgets and stuff, that was pretty cool.


I guess I never really fully appreciated the work of those people, but I guess you have to need their help before you can.