Kitchen Fire.

I will tag this in the "dumb things I did" category.

It was probably because I was so tired from pregnancy and a child who went from noon til six without a nap and was a perfect wild man this afternoon.

Or really, I actually turn on the wrong burner a lot even when I am rested and have a perfectly napped gentleman.  Its a dumb thing I do.

I was so tired that I couldn't even eat dinner tonight.  Even making cereal seemed like too much work! The energy spent chewing it... I just didn't have it.

So I put the tea kettle on, turned the burner on high, and then left the kitchen to change over laundry and use the bathroom.  When I came to the living room to sit on the couch and watch some Wheel, I thought I smelled something weird.  But I waited a full five minutes before going back into the kitchen.  I thought, "Geez, its taking a really long time for the water to boil! I just need some Lady Grey tea.".

Then I saw flame on the front burner and smelled a terrible, plastic is burning odor.  I shouted like a maniac for my husband, who almost had our wild man to sleep in his room before 6: 30 PM.  He tossed the baby on the living room floor and reacted so quickly.  I don't know why I was really frozen in fear, but then I just used the kettle water to put out the flames of a kitchen knife that had melted into the front burner.

It really, really stunk in the house.  I think my husband and I burned the inside of our nasal passages with toxic plastic fumes.  He opened up both doors and windows in our house to ventilate, which was a good idea, but a chilly one!

I am thankful for his quick actions of course, but I am more thankful that he didn't get annoyed at me or angry with me.  He was concerned I was okay because it was pretty scary.  He is a really nice guy for not making me feel foolish or ashamed of a silly error.

Geesh.  Maybe I can blame this on the Pregnant Brain phenomenon?  I blamed wearing two different shoes on it.  This could count.

"Oh, I am just practicing texting Dad at work.  911 is another good thing for me to learn!"

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