2am....

[kamalee]

and i start having dreams that include firetrucks...finally i realize that i actually do hear firetrucks which is pretty common since the firestation is a couple blocks away...then i realize they're outside my house which is also pretty common since my unit is on the street and behind us is an old folks home...i get up and go to the window anyways just to see and lo and behold i see masked firemen running INTO the complex! "WHAT THE FRICK!?!" i think as i toss on my bathrobe and bolt out the door...there rising from the north end of the complex is a huge plume of smoke illuminated by a fire. Paramedics are running around and hoses are being stretched. My mom dashes out behind me and we go check it out (which i KNOW is a bad idea 'cuz the last thing the emergency crews want are people around) but we wanted to make sure everyone was alright...no point trying to sleep when u're wondering if your neighbours just went up in smoke. We learned that four units are on fire and it started from a car fire (hmm...cuz cars just light up in flames all by themselves at 1am) but everyones out. Mom and i walk back...the whole area reeks like burning tires...coming around the corner in front of our house i see a girl sobbing on the ground and her mom looking so freaked...i run over and try to comfort the girl who sobs "my cat my cat" over and over is in such a state i cant do anything...my mom talks to the woman who apparently lives in the unit which started it all (via the flammable car)...the woman suddenly bursts into tears and somehow thinks the fire is her fault...poor woman...she felt soooooooo bad but it had nothing to do with her. Finally a paramedic sees us and pulls the girl up off the cold concrete and pushes her into an ambulance and me and my mom go back inside where to our delight our house smells like burning rubber...looks like i'm not getting back to sleep.

i hope that a) the fire doesnt spread anymore...i'm sure these cheap ass places go up in a second
b) everyones ok
c) they find whoever did this although i'm sure it was one of the many punk ass fiends that live here (eg. while watching the flames some little snot asked me "isnt this soooooooooo cool?!? i bet everyones still in side...ha ha ha time to jump suckers"...if it was not for the fact that i feared repercussions in the form of arson from punching the kid he would be lying stone cold on the ground)