So is this how it starts, or am I just getting paranoid? Absent mindedness is no joke, as I so embarrassedly learned yesterday when I had to call 911 after I discovered my house filled with dense thick smoke. I had been in my studio totally preoccupied with a project. I kept smelling something but dismissed it as Id had my first fire in the fireplace the night before, and in the back of my mind just thought it might be some smoldering embers. When I got up to get ready to go to the pool for my swimming class, I was confronted with the smoke filling the house. Naturally, the first place I checked was the fire place after opening all the windows and doors. There was nothing burning there. I started to panic. I had fire in the house about 15 years ago that basically left me homeless for over two years while I fought with the insurance company. All that came crashing back, triggering that horrible experience. I could barely dial the phone. Waiting for the firemen to arrive was excruciatingly long. I stood outside feeling so helpless as I watched the smoke rolling out of the house. My phone got locked in an emergency setting and I couldnt call anyone to come be with me. Finally the fire engines came roaring up the street with the sirens blaring. about six firefighters came running into the house. They immediately checked the chimney, but it was clear. They had an electronic video gadget that they scanned the walls and ceiling for hot spots. They were clear. Then one of the firemen came to the capitan and told him the cause of the smoke was in the kitchen. Holy crap! I forgot about the pan of syrup I had on the stove. It had been cooking until all the liquid boiled away and started foaming and scorching and finally smoking as the sweet sticky treacle spilled over on to the stove top. No flames, just lots of thick nasty smoke. What a relief, but then my embarrassment shamed me and I felt like such an idiot. The forgetful old lady that needs to be watched over less she burn her house down because she cant take care of herself anymore. No, absent mindedness is no laughing matter. Someday my kids will whisper to each other, maybe we need to take her keys away, shes not able to...... And so I had a lesson yesterday about taking things for granted. I love my independence, and its getting more difficult to multi task my life.....and those firemen, their such handsome young men.
Posted on: Tue, 09 Dec 2014 16:46:59 +0000
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