Calling 911 is not the way you want to start a morning.
At 4:45 this morning, I was woken up by a loud crash and shattering glass which set off our home alarm. Appa is away, so it was just me and Little Bug. Within seconds, I was out of bed and calling 911.
Extreme, perhaps. But I knew if someone was in our home breaking stuff and I confronted them, chances are they wouldn't allow me to take a moment to head back to my room, lock the door, and call 911.
Turns out, not confronting a possible intruder is something the 911 dispatch agreed with, especially since I was alone with a child. So I waited in my room with the door locked as the cops sped toward my house.
In what I thought was a rational moment, but was probably not that smart considering I was going against the dispatcher's orders, I eventually tiptoed out of my room and peeked around our hallway to our main floor, ready to scream "I'VE CALLED THE COPS, A-HOLE."
The reality.......
.....a mouse had knocked over a bunch of glass jars of pasta sauces and canned goods from our pantry, spilling them all over our tile floor. The loud crash triggered our alarm (rightly so).
I was super embarrassed and tried to beg off the cops coming, but it turns out they have to come check things like this out, just in case someone was holding a gun to my head as I made up a story about a rouge mouse with a penchant for tomato basil sauce.
Fair enough, I guess.
So the cops came and checked our whole house for any sign of intruders. There were none. I went back to sleep sheepishly.
And that's hopefully the last time I have to call 911.
After I saw FB, I had to come straight to DDOM (plus Jon told me you had a funny story). Oh my gosh, this is hilarious. You absolutely did the right thing calling 911 and locking yourself in your bedroom. I LOVE that peeped down the hall reading to scream "A-Hole" to the intruder :) Thank GOD it was a mouse and therefore a hilarious story to tell for years ....
ReplyDeleteOK, this was better than I expected. Hysterical!
ReplyDeleteOh my gosh. You did do the right thing! Did the policemen nab the mouse? ;)
ReplyDeleteA few years ago our carbon monoxide detector went off in the middle of the night, and we called 911. We then stood by our open back door, holding the dog by the collar, breathing in "fresh air" since my husband was worried we'd drop dead. We heard the sirens coming toward our house and soon we had two HUGE (and hot) firemen tramping through our condo and testing the air, which was of course fine. They said we did the right thing, but I felt ridiculous (and embarrassed/bed-head-y).
LOL... Came straight here to read!
ReplyDeleteWhat a story you have to tell now.
Oh my goodness!! What a story! I would have been scared to death as well. How scary! But what a relief to find that it was just a mouse. I hope that's the last 911 call, too!
ReplyDeleteI can't imagine how terrified you must have been...i seriously spend hours planning elaborate plans to survive a home invasion.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad it was only a mouse, even though embarassed w/a messy pantry isn't the way to start the day.
You must have been TERRIFIED!!! I would have been. Now you've got me thinking about the fact that I don't have a phone upstairs....better start sleeping with my cell next to my bed just in case of a mouse!
ReplyDeleteI am also very impressed that you called the mouse an A$$hole!
Wow! That's crazy!! I would have been freaking out and done the same thing. I'm very happy to hear it was just a mouse! (If it makes you feel any better, I've actually called 911 a couple of times and both times ended it complete embarrassment!).
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you're ok, but I'm LMAO right now.
ReplyDeleteWow! What a crazy story! Sounds like the rat in Ratotouille! =) I've called 911 once because I went to check on my daughter before going to bed and she sleeps like the dead and for one brief moment for some reason I thought she wasn't breathing. I shook her and she wouldn't wake up (because she is the deepest sleeper ever)...I yelled at my brother who was over to call 911 while I was going to start attempting CPR. He dialed 911, but at that moment she let out a big snore and I realized she was fine. My brother on the other hand was pissed b/c he had to tell the 911 dispatcher that actually there was no emergency and try to explain the situation. (and I am embarressed to admit that this happened after medical school!). So don't feel embarressed as many of us have all probably had our 911 faux pas!
ReplyDeleteI don't know how I missed this on Facebook. I will say- your instincts were true! It was smart to call 911 even though it ended up as a mouse. That said, this story is hilarious!!
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