10. Fires

Things I miss from home:

1. Someone else doing my laundry
2. Having the kitchen so close
3. Actually being able to cook
4. Having anything and everything in the fridge
5. Someone else cooking for me & doing the dishes
   
6. My multiple blankets
7. Having the bathroom so close
   
8. Only having to walk one flight of stairs to my room
9. Having everything I need close
10. Not being rudely awaken by a fire alarm

When I was little, I went to my grandma's house pretty often. I remember one time, there was a fire in my grandma's neighbor's house. I don't remember much except for the fact that I had to leave the building and waited in my mom's old car. One of the only things I actually remember is my mom going back to get my favorite blanket at my grandma's house- the pink one with purple teddy bears. That was the only real time I was evacuated from a building because of a fire.... until this year.

There have been three fires in the past two weeks and one drill for San Jose State University. All three of these fires have been in Joe West Hall, my dorm building which houses about 500 students. On Thursday there were two fires at the same time! What a pain in butt. Lindsay woke me up & I was outside of the building at 9AM. The building re-opened at 3PM, but I had classes so I didn't get back until 6PM. Count it up- that's 9 hours. Sure, it was a pain in the butt, but I really appreciate that fact that the police & fire department are investigating these fires. This/these arsonist(s) or whoever is starting these fires are bugging everyone as well as putting a lot of people at risk. I really hope they catch them!