At least I didn't get showered on

[frstjade]

I have Thursday mornings off, to compensate for the evening shift I do in urgent care each week. Usually I sleep in as much as possible, to make up for the other nights when I usually get 6 hours or less of sleep - it's also my chance to snuggle with all the animals, who like to pass out on the bed with me. Unfortunately, I was rudely awoken today by the very loud sound of water spraying, coming from our bathroom. The dogs and cats scattered, freaking out as I jumped out of bed to figure out what the hell was going on. Flipping on the bathroom light, I was greeted by the sight of water pouring out of the fire alarm sprinkler, onto the floor and toilet seat. I think I was so stunned, I just stood there for a few seconds before I started scrambling for a bucket and towels. I frantically called our building manager and left a message. Fortunately she called back just a few minutes later, and started contacting a plumber. They couldn't guarantee getting there before I left for work at noon though... grrrrr. Finally the sprinkler stopped after about 10 minutes. By this point the floor was soaked. I have no idea if they even found anything to fix when they came since the water stopped, but now I'm too scared to take a shower in there for fear I'll get wet as I'm trying to dry off!

I can't wait to get out of an apartment and into a house!

EDITED FRIDAY 6/6/08: ARGH it happened AGAIN this morning - at the exact same time! I'm running out of towels to soak up the water! >_