Ignorance is not always bliss

So we had our friends over last night. Had a great evening. This was our thank you to them for helping us move. If your asking yourself "didn't you move a year ago?" the answer is "yes". We are very busy people which is why we made the decision to sell the house and move to an apartment.

After the meal we sat and visited, talking, laughing, having a good time. After a while we heard this faint "beep beep beep...pause...beep beep beep". Gary kept asking "what is that?" to which I replied "you have legs and eyes go find out" (not sure why he puts up with me). But since we were all having such a good time we just stayed where we were and kept visiting just ignoring the beeping that when on and on.

As our friends were leaving we walked them to the hallway where we all smelled smoke and could hear the beeping a bit louder. When we got out the door we saw the neighbor's door open and went to see if all was okay. This young man, new to our country, new to not having a maids and servants had attempted to make supper. However, he had no idea that you needed to watch the thing you were cooking and really didn't even notice when a small fire had begun. Long story short it was VERY bad and we are lucky that he did have a fire extinguisher to use. I'm sure he will be cleaning the mess all weekend and that the landlord will be replacing some of the kitchen.

All is okay and we helped him get the smoke out so the beeping would stop. He was so sweet and kept apologizing for ruining our Friday evening. We assured it was not ruined and we appreciated having some excitement.