A Bit of a Curve Ball

[ceitfianna]

Last night, I was up late reading Dark Lord of Derkholm and had finally turned off the light around 3 am or so, about twenty minutes afterwards the fire alarm went off. I got partially dressed once I realized it wasn't stopping and saw smoke in the corridor before I rushed down the fire stairs.

At around 8 am, I got to go up through the ashy building to get stuff for two night which I will spend in another residence hall. Currently I just had breakfast, had to walk across town to find internet since all the campus places are shut and I'm damned tired.

The fire was started due to a problem with one of the elevators and didn't cause any problems in the apartments though the halls are soot stained. We're not allowed in until they know how bad the electrical and water damage is.

That means that I'm going to have spotty internet access for the next few days, luckily there are internet cafes and campus spots, but I won't be as consistent.

Pictures will have to wait since I decided to grab clothes, shower stuff and camera to put in my laptop bag and leave the laptop there.

Though I have pictures of us all huddled in the room behind the church a few doors down who let us camp out while things were figured out. Right, basically, I'm safe, want to sleep and have a shower and don't know how long and when I'll be online.

Comments

[bigfluffball.livejournal.com]

*hugslots*

Glad you're safe hon.

[will_scarlett]

Thanks and I am, just want a shower.

[whisper2ascream.livejournal.com]

*biiiig snugs* Glad you're ok and safe. Going to be all right with some place to crash in the meantime?

And guess that's one sign it's time to leave... 0.o *more hugs*

[will_scarlett]

Yup, they've arranged for us to move to another residence hall while they fix things up. They expect it will only be for two nights and the worst on my floor is wet carpet and sooty corridors.

[whisper2ascream.livejournal.com]

Oh, good. Glad it wasn't any worse than that. Had to be scary as hell. We had the fire alarm go off here around noon, too. But seemed like the usual deal with it.

[will_scarlett]

It was strange, first waking up thinking it must be a drill, but I still put on pants and shoes, grabbed a jacket and my bag.

Then I saw the smoke in the hallway and panicked a bit, going down all those flights of stairs was not good. Then it just became a really long wait to find out what was going on since no seemed to know and more firemen just kept arriving.

[whisper2ascream.livejournal.com]

Right, since you're in that high rise building. Ugh. Yeah, have a little understanding how scary that can be.

Definitely a good thing you get to head back to the States soon.

[arkadyevna.livejournal.com]

*hugs* Very relieved and happy that you're safe! It's weird how stuff like this just randomly happens. Hope you get a good night's sleep tonight!

[will_scarlett]

So do I, it sounds like I can get a shower at the residence hall they're putting us up in though I may just crash really early tonight, we'll see. Also that's a really wonderful icon.

[erinmuse.livejournal.com]

The important thing is you're all right, and I'm glad to hear it. Hope they get you all sorted out quickly.

[ceitfianna]

They're really doing their best to take care of us and it sounds like I'll be back in my place in two days or so.