the week that tried to do us in

About a month and a half ago, we had a very intersting week. Dan was into school about a month so we were still adjusting to that; perhaps what happened wasn’t so abnormal but it certainly appeared that way to our over-stressed minds.

Dan was washing the dishes after supper and somehow one of our glasses broke. He didn’t notice because of the soap and he started to wash the broken glass. He got a very nasty cut to his right index finger, but fortunately the cut was parallel to his finger (not cutting right into it) so the damage was not bad. He still has a scar from it, though.

The next thing that happened was we had a fire somewhere in our building. They evacuated us and the fire department showed up (4 trucks)! The fire must have been very minor as I think it was under control by the time the pompiers arrived and we were soon back at work.

The third thing was the light right above our kitchen table fell down! We had just finished breakfast about 10 minutes before and fortunately neither of us were at the table at the time. I saw a flash of light and then heard a big crash and then looked over to see the light fixture sitting approximately where I would have been 10 minutes ago. It was hot as well, because the light was on at the time. We have figured out how this happened: Cote st Luc road is extremely busy and many large trucks go down it (not to mention about 100 busses a day) and sometimes they shake the road so badly that we feel it in the apartment. Over time, this loosened the light fixture (it is the screw-in type) and eventually it just completely undid itself. I’ve heard of checking smoke detectors each month, but never have I had to check my light fixtures every month to make sure they will not fall on me!

Fortunately, no more near accidents have happened lately…