So so here today. Didn't get much sleep last night. Woke around 2 am to the sound of daughter #1 banging on our door and the smoke alarm going off. Opening the bedroom door, Warren and I saw the carpet downstairs on fire. :angry-fla Turns out a log from the fireplace fell out and set the carpet on fire (our insert has glass doors, but they were taken off because they are awkward to use and don't track right).

Not too much damage, though. Smoke detectors were very sensitive, as there was very little smoke involved (mostly just fumes from the carpet smoldering and the padding underneath melting). In fact, didn't smell a thing today when I got home from work (yeah!). Had to cut out an oval piece of carpet about 15 inches long where it burned and had to scrape the melted padding. Hardwood floor underneath was damaged (about a 4 inch by 8 inch oval), burned into the wood. Made Warren put the doors back on the insert. 90 minutes later, it was pretty much cleaned up.

Funny thing, Warren and I had been talking about pulling the carpet up and going back to the hardwood floors; guess this is our chance!

Needless to say, though, I couldn't get back to sleep; hypervigilance set in real quick. Paranoid that the carpet and floor was still burning. Isn't bad enough that I wake at every little sound, sure someone is breaking in or stealing the car; now I will be worried about the house burning down. <sigh>

3 hours later I had to get up for work. Dragged my butt to work and made it through the day - how, I'm not sure.

Tonight is better. Warren and the girls cleaned the house! The girls had off school and he took off work to be with them. Had chinese food for dinner - yummy! Tomorrow we're all off; not sure what we'll do, but we'll do it together.

Interesting, though...we're having a new insert delivered tomorrow. Go figure.