Tuesday, May 27, 2008

You Will Never Believe How My Weekend Ended

So it's a beautiful Sunday afternoon. Very lovely. The Analyst and I attend a great church service. A really good friend and his new girlfriend come over to visit and they end up staying for dinner. All in all a very lovely day.

After my friends leave I decide I need to go visit my mother for a few so I jump in the car and head over to her place. It's now about 6:10. I arrive and and we have a short but lovely visit. The Analyst requested an Italian Ice from Rita's so on my way home I stop off and grab one for him.

It's now 7:30 pm and I turn down the street that leads to my development and I notice a couple of fire trucks on the street. I'm thinking,'Hmmmm... Something must be going on here. I wonder what.' I then turn onto the circle that leads to my court and notice a few more fire trucks on the court right behind my house. 'Hmmmm...that's awfully close to my house. I wonder if the people behind me are OK?'

I continue around the circle and turn onto my street and see a few more fire trucks RIGHT IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE. I remember thinking, 'Wow. The side of my house is all burned. Maybe it's just the side of my house and the rest of it is fine.' Then I look up into my third bedroom and I see a fireman all in the window. 'This can't be good.'

I then start to see the severity of the situation when I see several firemen coming out of my house. I park the car, get out and walk toward the destruction stunned.

DAMN!!!!

Lovely isn't it?

It was an electrical fire that started from the meters on the side of my house. Lucky me.


















48 People saying stuff:

Tai said...

Oh no! Hopefully no one was hurt! Ugh....that sucks.

Anonymous said...

OMG! You poor thing. It must be really bad and smelly in there... will you be staying somewhere else? Hopefully you have home insurance??
WOW... this is not fun at all!!!

charmcitygirl said...

OMG, are you OK? Do you need anything?

Shai said...

Wow! I am glad everyone is fine.

Terri said...

that's just terrible! I'm so sorry you have to go through this, it'll upset the balance here for a while, but I'm sure it'll be better and safer as a result.

Anonymous said...

OMG! Look at the bright side though, it could've been MUCH worse!

Chari said...

WHOA!!! So glad you are ok!!
God is good!!!

Hope everything works out well for you!!

Karen said...

Holy Moly. That is insane! Thank goodness no one was hurt. Your house was on fire???? That is crazy.

Anonymous said...

OMG! Was The Analyst home? How fortunate they caught it as early as they did!

my mind spins at what you'll be dealing with for the next several months!

Billy said...

Holy shit! Glad you are okay.

*~*Cece*~* said...

OMG I'm sorry. I really hope no one was hurt.

Lisa Steptoe said...

I'm so sorry. What a mess. I'm glad everyone is okay and hope that everything turns out okay.

Melissa said...

OH my goodness, thankfully you were not hurt. I bet it's smelly inside. Do you need anything? I hope it gets repaired quickly!

Queen of the Mayhem said...

I am so sorry to hear that....SO NOT what you want to come home and see!


I hope you were able to salvage some things!

dmarks said...

Sure glad you and the Analyst and any pets weren't hurt, and that it wasn't more serious!

Nicole P said...

Oh my gosh!!! That is terrible. I am so sorry!

Anonymous said...

YIKES! I'm so sorry you have to go through that!!!

Jeni said...

Boy, can I ever relate to the emotions going through you right now! Back in 1991, my lovely son managed to catch his bedroom on fire. It gutted his room and did a lot of damage to the other two bedrooms as well. My two younger kids -both in high school at the time and I was just completing my first year in college - and I spent a little over three months living in a motel while the house was being repaired. Thankfully, I did have insurance that covered the motel, the repairs, etc., but not the nerve pills I needed to deal with sharing one motel room with two teenagers for that long a period of time!
The most important thing about your fire -mine too -no one was hurt! All the rest -just material stuff. I decided it was a really great way though to get the attic cleaned out if nothing else. Still and all, it is a scary thing regardless of how much damage is done, how much insurance will cover -the whole nine yards.

*Tanyetta* said...

I'm so happy NO one was hurt. So thankful you weren't harmed in all this.

OMG! just hearing how you turned onto your street. Ugh. made my stomach hurt.

Sandi McBride said...

Now if that doesn't push you onto the Analysts couch nothing will...I have a been there done that tale but won't go into it here...hope you didn't lose anything irreplacable!
Sandi

Vi said...

Oh no Diva!!!! I'm so sorry to hear this!!! I really hope it gets sorted fast!

lisa q. said...

OMG! How horrible! I can't imagine what a shock that must have been. Thinking of you girl!

Lys said...

NO NO NO! Diva - oh my god. Wow. Thankfully you were not there during the fire and I would definitely put those insurance adjusters on notice to move their behinds.

If you need anything - let us know *hugz*

Daryl said...

OMG! Thank goodness no one was hurt ... I sure hope insurance will take care of the mess ... I am so sorry ...

:-Daryl

CarmenSinCity said...

Oh no!!!!!! You poor thing. I can't believe that happened. Holy shit. I'm glad you are okay. Will insurance pay for it?

1/3 said...

OMG!!!!!!! wow. Im soo happy no one was hurt.

dc_speaks said...

oh snap!..

glad that you werent injured. hopefully the damage was minimal.

TravelDiva said...

OH NO! That's horrible.

The Ambiguous Blob said...

oh shit!!!
It's a good thing you weren't inside for that.
That sucks so bad.

Eb the Celeb said...

oh my... glad to hear that you are ok... but man the damage that did...

CC Solomon said...

Wow, so sorry that happened! Luckily no one was hurt but I know that's still stressful!

laughing said...

Whenever you get ready to go anywhere you go around the house and turn off lights and make sure that the stove is turned off and the heater is off and the iron is off, and then maybe you go through the process again to be on the safe side, and then sometimes after you've left you wonder if you remembered to check and make sure that you turned off the stove, etc....

And then after you've done all that the electric meter causes a fire? The electric meter????

ME said...

OMG that is terrible! I'm glad no one was hurt, but how scary!

Joe said...

Wow. I'm glad you're okay, but sorry to see what happened.

Are you sure the intentions of the fireman at the window were innocent? ;)

megabrooke said...

i am SO sorry! that must have really shaken you up. hope that you are doing okay.

Anonymous said...

Oh shit!!

Is there anything we can do? Seriously

That's awful girl, I feel for you

Anonymous said...

Wow. That's all I can say as I read this. Glad to see you're okay and no one was hurt.

minijonb said...

damn! i hope you're hanging in there ok.

Scrapping My 2 Precious Gems said...

OMG! That is crazy! My sister also had an electrical fire in her house about a month ago. Those are scary. Lucky thing no one got injured.

Adrianne said...

I am so glad no one got hurt. On the bright side you must have fire insurance. Hey you can stay with me, I think this calls for a vacation!!!!

Again I am so glad you were not hurt in this. Let me know if there is ANYTHING I can do....

So@24 said...

Holy mother!

Hopefully this weekend... is... different?

Ms.Seven Supa Sized said...

That's wild. I hope things get better soon.

Anonymous said...

HOLY SHIT!!!!! didn't expect to read THAT... Im glad that it wasn't any worse :(

Ann(ie) said...

OMG!! Are you okay??? That is one of my biggest fears....fire. ug. Let us know how you're doing, okay?????

LadyWritesTheBlues said...

OH NO!

I am glad that you're okay!

WOW!

imbeingheldhostage said...

Holy COw! I am so sorry! Did you lose a lot? I'm stunned-- this is NOT what I was expecting when I came by to catch up!

Freckle Face Girl said...

I somehow missed this post. I am so sorry that you are dealing with this.

Dr. Pepper said...

HOLY SHIT!!!! I know I'm late in chiming in here but I'm trying to catch up on 1100+ posts from bloggers.

I'm so sorry about this! What a crazy thing to come home to. You just never hear of stuff like this happening. I'm SO glad you weren't home!!!