Another exciting adventure in our New York journey occured last Saturday (July 26th) when our apartment building caught on fire!! It was on the opposite end of our apartment, so aside from the burned smell in the hallway, we were totally unaffected. We were minding our own business doing some Saturday cleaning when the fire alarm started to go off. Now this had happened to Andy one Saturday around 7am, so we thought it was some sort of drill. We poked our heads into the hall to try and smell smoke, but there was nothing. So, we went about our business trying to ignore the screeching of the alarm. I stepped out onto our balcony and a couple of people that were across the street started waving me down. "Um, your building really is on fire, you may want to get out.". I was very grateful for them taking the time to tell me. Andy grabbed his wallet, I grabbed my wedding ring and my purse and we were out of there. Around 7 fire trucks showed up along with many policemen. The whole complex was out on the sidewalk watching. It was quite the sight. It didn't take long for the fire to be put out and the mayor of Jersey City even showed up. He had a man delegated to taking care of those whose homes were ruined. We only stood outside for a little while before we realized it was totally safe for us to go back inside. A little bit later we went into the garage to leave in our car and we noticed that water was pouring in from under the fire spot. The good news of it all is that noone was hurt. It was a nice reminder for us to get renters insurance!!!!
On a fabulous side note......my plant has tomatos!!!!