Well Well! Our Friday night was certainly interesting. I must say that I am willing to forgo so much excitement. Shaun and I decided to head out to the valley to get some dinner and just take a drive. After a nice evening out, we headed home to the apartment and when we reached the gate… boy were we in for a surprise! There were lights flashing everywhere… police cars, an ambulance or four, and every type of firetruck known to man! We were able to get through the gate but couldn’t even get near our building. Shaun parked the car and made his way to our apartment while I waited, freaking out about all of the possibilities and worrying about Jack who was in the apartment on his own. I calmed down once Shaun called me to let me know that everything was alright, Jack was unnerved but ok and it wasn’t our apartment.

After we took Jack to Zoe’s to stay for the night, we came home and tried to settle in to bed. We were tired from all of the commotion, but unfortunately things didn’t quiet down until after 3:30am. However, staying up late paid off. As we sat in bed watching t.v. we could hear the fire chief, several detectives and a few police officers describing the events of the evening. I wont bore you with the details but apparently a woman who lives 2 doors down from us started the fire in her apartment. Its believe that she may be mentally unstable and was living there on her own. She called her 2 daughters that night saying she just got off the phone with so and so ( don’t remember the name), who I guess was the grandmother of the two daughters who passed away more then 10 years ago. When they arrived to check on her, they found her asleep on her bed and 2 fires burning in the apartment; one in her bathtub and one near the door leading to the balcony. Both were set intentionally as there were piles of burning cardboard in each spot. Luckily the sprinklers worked well and emergency crews arrived quickly. The fire was contained within the one apartment and no one was harmed.

And that was our Friday night! What a great start to the weekend!