Funny Story... Includes a Fire Truck

I thought that instead of just posting current things on our blog, I could use it to share some funny, interesting, and various things that have happened to David and I since we have been married. So, why not start with one of the more funny ones..
It was a Thursday evening. I had already worked out and David was working until 6:00. This was back when I got off at 3:30 on Thursday (those were GLORIOUS days). I decided that I would have dinner totally ready for David, so when I pick him up and we get home he would be surprised and satisfied because he's always STARVING right after work. We had fajitas on the menu that night, so I was preparing the chicken and all of the veggies. I had veggies in a pot steaming and some of it started to overflow, I caught it before it got too out of hand, thank goodness. So when the veggies were done I turned off the burner put the pan on it with the oil. I then turned the burner on very low to start heating the pan. The pan heated a lot quicker than I had thought, so when I tossed the chicken in, it had produced alot more smoke than I had anticipated. So I opened the door and all of the windows and blinds so as not to trigger the smoke alarm. Clearly I didn't act fast enough, before I knew it the alarm in my apartment was sounding... not a big deal, just fan the smoke away. By this point I had closed the door because I was embarrassed. Mind you, all of my windows and blinds are still open. Suddenly the alarm turns into more of a ring type alarm and a LOT louder! I called my landlord and told her that my alarm was going off and I couldn't stop it. I confirmed to her that everything is okay and there is no fire. She said she would call the fire department to make sure they knew everything was okay. When I hung up the phone, I looked out my window and realized that she didn't get a hold of the fire department in time. We had two big fire trucks in front of our building as well as the Fire Captains truck. Again, let me remind you that my windows and blinds are still open. Well, at this point my whole apartment building is standing on the front lawn hanging out, and many of them walking past our windows to the front lawn. So, imagine if you can, I am ducking behind walls and crawling on the floor to lower the blinds on each of my windows (we had 5 big windows in the front room of that apartment), so as not to be seen by any of the other tenants.
So, now the fire trucks are there, and I walk out of my apartment into the hallway now trying to act as if I am some sort of assistant manager or something and let the firemen in (you have to have an access card or a code). Once in the building they go to the apartment kitty corner to mine because the main box in the front said it was the alarm right outside his apartment that triggered it (my smoke obviously traveled). We go into his apartment and nothing, then they go into mine and smell some smoke. They asked me what I was doing and I explained dinner to them. They chuckle and check a few other areas in the building and come back to the main part where I was. When it was cleared that there is no problem, the chief decides to be a funny guy and says, "Your husband must not eat much if this is you cooking." Ha! Ha! Ha! Funny guy!
Everything ends just in time for me to go and get David from work without being seen leaving out the back door of my apartment building. When I told David the story all he could pretty much do is laugh. However, I must say that the dinner turned out pretty darn good.
Ah yes, this is just one story in many of the excitement in our lives.