Middle of the night adventures.

Who doesn't love waking up to a car horn honking and racing around your street at 1:30 in the morning?

So I hear what sounds like a car crash outside my window this morning, except the person keeps circling the block honking their horn.

I'm thinking...a lot of mean things and not nice names in my head...but also "great, someone had a party and got mad and now feels like ticking off the entire block."

Then I hear people yelling outside. I'm now thinking "great, I'm going to hear someone get shot." ...I sometimes wonder if I have drug dealers that live on my street, but I don't really want to find out for sure.

I can't remember what came first me smelling smoke or someone yelling "CALL THE FIRE DEPARTMENT!" Now I'm awake.

I first check my room, make sure I'm not the one on fire. (I was still waking up) I look out my window and see people running up the street. I run outside, and there is smoke everywhere, but I can't see the flames. So I start running up the street where I see people running. Then I hear someone say "It's in the alley!"

My car is parked in the alley.

So I run back inside to grab shoes, then I run to the alley, in time to see the fire engine pull in. I run behind it, thankfully, it was further up the alley. I see more people closer to it and ask them what is on fire. It was someones garage. "So no people are hurt or in danger?" No. Thank goodness for that.

However, there are a lot of trees and there are dry wooden fences, grass...all in the alleyway leading towards my apartment complex with a lot of houses in between.

Bottom line, I'm not leaving until I see the fire is completely contained. In case I need to run home, wake up my roommate (who is somehow still sleeping), and get our cars moved.

We are out there and a fireman asks if he can get through someones yard, we have no idea, they were looking for a fire hydrant.

I don't know where fire hydrants are, I only check for them when I am looking for a parking spot.

The fire was contained enough that I felt safe to go to bed by about 2:15. But I still didn't didn't fall asleep till about 3-3:30.

I also felt sick all day because I didn't get sleep and I was breathing a ton of smoke. (I sleep with my window cracked open.)

So sorry to the person who drone around and woke all of us up, I thought some really mean things about you, I take them back now.