Fire

I awoke at 3am this morning standing in the hallway looking up at the smoke detector. Yes, you read that right. I was asleep when I entered the hallway and turned my head ceiling-ward. The reason I was there, presumably, was that the siren was blaring. I could smell smoke but after searching the house neither my DH or I could find the source. We decided that the best thing to do would be to call the fire department's non-emergency number and have someone come check it out. They came out and determined that the cause was dust on the furnace intake had smoldered.

Could anything be more embarrassing? I had to have the fire department come out to tell me to vacuum. The upside is that they gave us a new smoke detector. Not quite sure why but it was nice anyhow.

(PS I've also been known to wake up at the refrigerator drinking out of the milk carton, not to mention the time I woke up peeking out the window eavesdropping on the neighbors during the night, needless to say, I walk in my sleep)