an exciting start to a lazy Sunday

Sunday we were rudely awakened by a car alarm. That's not even the bad part.

Then, someone rang our doorbell (not 5 minutes after the car alarm) and told us someone had reported smoke in the boiler room. Our apartment shares a wall with the boiler room. There were already at least two fire trucks on site at this point (before they thought to knock on our door!).

So, we got dressed (unusual for a Sunday) and I got out the cat carriers and tried to mentally inventory which items I might try to carry out with me if our place was on fire. Fun.

However, we never did have to evacuate. There were of course issues with the boiler and we spent a good part of the day without heat or hot water. Not really an issue, since our place runs pretty warm as it is (it is right next to the boiler room, after all).