I’m going to be very honest, because I’m still stressed all the way out, it’s 5:00 in the morning and I haven’t slept at all. Around 1:30am, I was just chilling, watching YouTube when I smelled smoke. I immediately tried calling one of my mothers twice but she didn’t answer. I then called my older sister who did. I then called my older sister who advised me to get all the animals (two indoor/outdoor cats, the dog and my Guinea pig) outside and she’d come over and we’d call the non emergency line. They sent over firefighters to investigate. It started as one fire truck, then two and then three, sending me into a panic attack. Honestly, it probably would have been a worse one if I didn’t have my Guinea pig or my sister there with me as I’m pet/house sitting for my other mother and her wife. Anyway, so I’m having a panic attack, my Guinea pig is freaking out, the cats have run into the meadow because there are fire trucks around and the dog keeps trying to go back inside. Finally, after about 45 minutes, they come back out and tell us we’re free to go back in and that the source of the smell of smoke was either the fan, the outlet it was plugged into or a combination of both. The fan hasn’t been on since I got here as the amount of rain we’ve had has cooled it off significantly which I told them. They have since suggested we do not use that fan OR the outlet and I’m camped out in the living room with one cat, the dog and my cavy because ✨anxiety✨. But thankfully, everything is okay and we’re all safe but it was a lot emotionally and I’m drained but manic.
