Close calls!

So, let me just tell you about the last 24 hours. Mike is out of town for work. They sprung on him Monday afternoon that he'd leave for Nashville on Tuesday morning. He would be back anytime between Wednesday and Friday (probably depending on how much fun he and Jimmi were having!)

Last night the dogs and I hung out and I finally fell asleep about 11. I cuddled on the couch with the girls because I sometimes do that when Mike isn't home. At about 1:00 a.m. I awoke to Reese growling and barking. I looked up to see her with her head stuck through the blinds, looking out the living room window. She's never done this, so I jumped up and looked out. I saw a car parked in front of our house, one that I did not recognize. I continued looking out, not seeing or hearing anything. I went around looking out all the windows, but still didn't find anyone breaking and entering. I laid back down on the couch, wide awake for about an hour, but I eventually fell asleep. Reese continued to stand guard at the window.

At about 3:30 a.m. I awoke with a start. Reese was standing at the top of the basement stairs, barking furiously. I have never seen her do that and it terrified me. I was afraid to get up, so I grabbed my cell phone and waited to hear some sound that would justify calling the police. The sound never came. I eventually got the courage to move and I went to the window again. The car was now gone. I laid back down, but didn't sleep again until after 5:00. Of course at that point I had nightmares that someone was in the house and awoke terrified. I was so happy to see the sun come up.

I called Mike this morning and told him what happened. He was very alarmed. Reese never behaves like that, so Mike told me to go to Home Depot after work and pick up some motion detectors with alarms for the basement. I also talked to my boss at work and he said I should check all the exterior windows and doors for signs of trespassing before going in tonight. And of course they both said I should not have hesitated like I did. I should have called the police.

Well, when I got home I had another distraction. After doing my exterior check and finding no sign of any trespassing, I entered the house to a metallic type smell. I wandered around looking for the source but had trouble locating it. I did notice that Mike's coral reef tank wasn't making its usual sounds and that the lights were off. As I investigated it further, I found a melted wire on the back. I quickly called Eddie, my brother-in-law (and fire captain.) He came over and, after inspecting the damage, informed me that we had a fire at our house today! He pulled out his flashlight and showed me the sign of flames behind the tank and up the wall. I began looking closer around the room and, for the first time, noticed a light coating of ash on the blinds and furniture! He said the wires melted and we are incredibly lucky the entire house didn't go up in flames. Can you imagine??!! We had an incredibly close call. We could have lost everything, including our babies! As it turns out Mike lost one of his pumps and his lights, but if we're lucky the corals will live.

What a day!!

As for any pregnancy symptoms, today I continued to be very thirsty and my breasts hurt a little. We had a baby shower for a girl at work today and the cake did not sound appealing to me at all. That was VERY odd, so perhaps it was a symptom too! ;-)