Hey all,<br><br>
I woke up this morning at 5:30 to my husband screaming "There's a car on fire outside!". I ran to the window, expecting to see flames coming up from under the hood of a car, but saw basically a car-shaped torch with flames leaping high enough to burn the trees above. As we watched and called the emergency number there were several explosions and the two cars--one in front of and one behind the burning car caught on fire.<br><br>
It took about 3 minutes for the firefighters to arrive, but it felt like an eternity. The heat was so intense we could feel it inside (we're on the third floor) and there was a huge, huge plume of black smoke. What totally boggles my mind is that we live on a very busy street and there were cars driving by and WE WERE THE ONLY PEOPLE TO CALL THE FIRE DEPT.! <img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="/img/vbsmilies/smilies/dizzy.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title="Dizzy">: When we called they hadn't heard about it yet, and I'm sure that car had been burning for at least 10 minutes.<br><br>
I asked my DH what made him go look out the window-- he said he'd heard an explosion and assumed it was the garbage men. They have several big dumpsters across the street that they are always dragging and dropping, and when they do it makes a big boom. He wants to complain about the noise, so he went to the window to see if it was really them. My guess is that it was the gas tank exploding. If someone else had called the fire dept earlier, those two other cars could probably have been spared.<br><br>
Anyway, they put the fire out and this morning the charred frame of what used to be a car is sitting in front of our building. It's so badly burned you can't even tell what make/ model it was. I hope it was an electrical fire or a cigarette-butt fire and not vandalism... <img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="http://www.mothering.com/discussions/images/smilies/greensad.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title="greensad"><br><br><br>
In other news, the ILs will go stay with my BIL next week, so I'm cheerful! Actually, we had a good day yesterday. Most of the time we do get along well, it's just MIL tends to nag a lot.<br><br>
Ecoteat-- bravo on the car-nursing! I wasn't brave enough to try it during our trip. Hope everything heals quickly! And yay for early exposure to Shakespeare!<br><br>
Mom2Nat&Will, congrats on the rolling over! Geo is definitely not there yet. Maybe in a few more weeks. For now, I'm enjoying the fact that he isn't mobile!<br><br>
CindyCaz-- if we move our place probably won't be any bigger either. Unless we leave the city/country! And I also wanted to say that you really are so brave for everything you did in terms of bfing your babe. You should be proud of yourself!!<br><br>
Mamabeakley, hope you feel better soon. Ear infections are AWFUL. I had them chronically as a young child, too. <img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="http://www.mothering.com/discussions/images/smilies/greensad.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title="greensad"><br><br>
Sheandaru, wow, I woulda been MAD if someone managed to get frosting into my baby! Good thing he had the thumb in his mouth. And I think Geo is going through a growth spurt-- he's been eating every 2.5 hours since yesterday and that's not like him.<br><br>
Andiflipping-- glad to hear your grandmother is ok!<br><br>
Sydnee, hope everyone feels better and glad things have cooled off for you.<br><br>
glowfaeriejosie, congrats to your dh for the new job!<br><br>
dharmama, so glad things are better between you and your DH. And yay on the yoga class and bfing at the Y! My BIL sent me a French yahoo article today that said that 57% of Americans are uncomfortable/disgusted by public bfing. What is up with that??? People are nuts.<br><br>
Taimarie, what a cutie-pie!! And I hear you on the NIP at a wedding. I'm in a wedding at the end of August and am a little concerned about that because my dress is totally not adapted to bfing. However, the wedding is in Norway and Scandinavians are totally down with bfing, so won't have to nurse in the bathroom. <img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="http://www.mothering.com/discussions/images/smilies/thumb.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title="thumbs up"> The bride has made arrangements for the nursing mamas (there will be several of us present).<br><br>
Well, the babe just woke from his 20 minute nap, so I better run! Have a good day, everyone.