Even though it seems like most of our Riverside West neighbors have left for the long weekend, we Dowlings were very excited about watching Alabama's first game in our apartment. In celebration of this historic occasion, we invited several friends to join us. Earlier in the day Saturday, our smoke alarm went off. Sam Dowling executed our fire alarm plan flawlessly, and we Dowlings met at our predetermined rendezvous spot over by the north parking lot. We stood there for a few minutes, waiting for everyone else to come out like last time. A student eventually came out, but he was carrying laundry to his car! At that point we figured out that perhaps our smoke detector had malfunctioned. We went back into our apartment, and prepared for our visitors.
I was particularly excited about the arrival of our grill. We had left it at our house, and my father-in-law brought it over a few days ago. We planned on cooking hamburgers for our guests. One question my wife always asks me when we plan grilling events is, "Are you sure we have plenty of gas?" "Of course we have plenty of gas," I said, with no real way of knowing how much gas was in there. So, I fire the thing up, put our burgers on it, and they commence cooking. Suzanne suggests taking a photo for the blog, and I consent to that. The photo you see posted here is the last five seconds of gas burning out of tank. Fortunately, the burgers were cooked by this time, but Suzanne still got to give me her "I can't believe you ran out of gas," speech.
Anyhoo, early in the second quarter of Bama's triumph over Va Tech, our smoke alarm went off again. Our guests took it well. Suzanne leapt up and ran over to the RCC to ask the RA on Call what we should do. Many thanks to Rebecca for helping us get help with the faulty detector. She made some calls, and a replacement was installed before the end of the half. We didn't get the name of the woman who came over and replaced it, but she was great!
The crisis was averted, and we were able to watch the game in peace. What a great way to start football season!
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