Pride goeth before a fall….or a fire.
This morning as we were jogging, Brian and I were discussing various couples interaction at the Sunday school we had attended yesterday. We were on the topic of making jokes at your spouses expense and I said something about how it wouldn’t bother me if Brian made a joke about my cooking because I knew how much he liked it and I felt very confident in my abilities.
This afternoon I was cooking dinner for Brian; his favorite, chicken fried steak. Trying to manage several different items at once I let the oil for frying heat up real good and it started smoking. Next thing I knew the fire alarms in the entire dorm are going off. Great. I sheepishly call Brian up at work.
Brian: “hello my love!”
hi Brian…, um….this is sort of embarrassing.”
(hears the noise in the background) “ah, the fire alarms are going off?”
“um, yeah…but I didn’t even burn anything!”
“you want me to come turn them off?”
“you can do that? (thinks: my hero!) oh, but hasn’t it alerted other people?”
“well yes, it calls the front desk and a few other people”
(great, now we’ll have to put up with wise cracks about eating in the dining hall tonight)
Brian: “don’t worry, it only tells which dorm had the alarm, not which apartment it generated from”
“Um, Brian, we’re the only ones living in the dorm”
“oh yeah….well, I’ll swing by and shut them off”
“thank you”
11-Dec-2006
8-Dec-2006
I’m going on a date tonight!
Me and one incredibly handsome man 
are going to a choir concert to hear Christmas music. Our date will involve a little bit of Christmas shopping, a nice long car ride together, beautiful singing, and then out for a quick bite with his sister who was in the choir. This is going to be a great evening!
7-Dec-2006
I’m here at front desk again.
Not too much is happening.
I wrote thank you notes.
I’ve now written 175 of them.
Only 30 min. until lunch!
This is my last day for this week.
I’ll be working two mornings next week.
Don’t know which two mornings that will be.
Scariest event of the day: Three phone calls came in at once! 
6-Dec-2006
I worked at the front desk this morning answering incoming calls. I’m helping out two mornings a week during the time when some of the staff are gone. Things are rather slow because this is the down time for ALERT, when all the guys are gone and no events are taking place.
I’m quickly finding out that this job is not exactly my area of “expertise”. I sit here waiting for that next scary phone call where someone may ask for something that I don’t know anything about.
Great. The phone just rang and the familiar feeling of trepidation caused my heart to beat a little faster…
Amy: 
International ALERT Academy, how may I direct your call?
Lady: Yes, I was calling about housing for the conference in May
Amy: 
(ha, I know how to handle this one) We are opening for registration on Jan. 15 th .
Lady: Yes, that was the date I needed. Do you know the pricing on the rooms?
Amy: 
(Great, she wasn’t supposed to ask any more questions..tempted to say “that information won’t be available until the 15th”) Um, I’m not sure on that but I believe they rent the rooms for around $60.00
Lady: Okay, but what about those little cabins that sleep three people?
Amy: 
(will this lady never give up? Who does she think I am, the great Oz?) I’m not sure on that ma’am and our registrar is out for the holidays..hence the fact that we won’t being taking registration until the 15 th .
Lady: But I can call and find out about pricing before then, right?
Amy: 
(making things up out of thin air) I’m sure you can, most likely they will be set and you can call in January for that information (when I will definitely not be at the front desk).
Lady: Okay, thank you .
Amy: 
(sets phone down and attempts to recover shaky nerves and restore mental function after having to think so fast under such stress.)
Boy, too much more of this and I’m going to have a meltdown. Maybe I should try a different apartment….
5-Dec-2006
Because you asked…..The finished product!
(Just kidding – I’ll have to take a picture of us to show y’all)
