FIRE,FIRE, PANTS ON FIRE

i had a dream... me and martin luther king..

my dream was to have a wonderful time coming back from maui..WRONG.

i came home to find i need dental surgery again and have to have a new permanent bridge made.. i never get used to this but i'm always grateful to my dentist, dr. saul pressner. a king amongst human beings.

and then yesterday, a brand new experience for me.. let me just tell you, i've always had a fear of fire.. when i lived in a private house, i had a fireplace. i never went to sleep until that fire was burned out.. if it wasn't, i threw water into the fireplace which pissed off my family. i unplug everything in my house before i go to sleep. fire is always on my mind.

yesterday i decided to broil some chicken and i went to preheat my oven.. i never preheat my oven but did yesterday. what i forgot was i had aluminum pans in there with plastic wrappings.. need i say more? after 2 minutes of preheating, i heard fire alarms go off. i figured it was another false alarm in the building. i waited about a minute before i left my bedroom and saw black smoke in my living room and foyer and i ran to my kitchen.. flames were coming out of my stove and i was able to shut the stove off , remove the aluminum pans and opened all my doors and windows. the security squad in my building was here in a flash and went holy shit.! not what one wants to hear.. my stove, microwave and a cabinet above the microwave were all melted.. YES,MELTED.

what amazes me is i was as cool as a cucumber and did everything i was suppose to do without any fear.

today i went to sears to buy a new stove and microwave. i told the salesman i wanted something without too many dials and didn't want any fancy features.. in 10 minutes my purchase was made.

tomorrow the company i called to assess the damages, arrives to clean up everything.so all is well that ends well.

i do have a suggestion for all of you.. first, always keep a fire extinguisher in your house. something i didn't do.

and more importantly, when you go to buy a new appliance at sears, make sure you haven't taken a laxative the night before. 10 minutes to purchase the damn stove.. 25 minutes in the toilet !

be back soon.