Not Such a Boring Night After All

When we sat down with our frozen pizza last night we thought we were in for one of the most uneventful Halloweens on record. After finishing our wonderfully delicious pizza we sat down on our new love seat, put the DVD in the player, and sat back to watch Indian Jones save another priceless artifact while fending off the Nazis who were trying to get to the item first. About 15 minutes into our movie we heard a sound that was not a part of the plot line. It was a sound I didn't recognize but Andy knew what it was right away--the fire alarm. So, in an effort to be safe and not sorry we turned off the movie, grabbed our coats, and made our way down five flights of stairs to the lobby.
We had it in our mind that this alarm may have been a false one but when we opened the door from the stairway and saw a bunch of smoke in the air we began to wonder if our hypothesis had been incorrect. As we walked out into the entryway by the sliding glass door we saw a bunch of people in costumes and a few firefighters not in costume. It's good to know that the fire department can make it to the hotel so quickly!! Now, under normal circumstances we would have gone outside, maybe across the street to get away from the building. The thing is the smoke didn't smell like fire smoke so we decided to go toward the smoke to find out what was going on.
It turns out that the source of the smoke was the restaurant. I guess they figured that a party is not a party without a couple of smoke machines. Shocker of all shockers--the smoke machines set off the fire alarm. So we found a few fans and blew the smoke back into the restaurant and tried to figure out how to turn off the alarms. After awhile someone figured out how to turn off the alarm but couldn't turn off the flashing lights or get the fire doors to stay open. I felt really bad for the couple that came to check in during the whole mess because they were totally concerned with the fact that there were firefighters milling around outside and I felt even worse when we informed them that the elevators were out of order because the building still believed there was a really fire.
Eventually we got ahold of the alarm company, the party guests returned to the restaurant (with the addition of flashing lights which kind of added a strobe light effect to the party), and Andy and I returned to our apartment to finish our Indian Jones movie. What a night!!

In other news, it's my Dad's birthday today so if you see him wish him a happy 50th and give him a hug for me! I love you Dad! I miss you and look forward to seeing you in December!! :)