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House update (fire)
11 years ago
🎃 -- 🎃 -- 🎃 -- 🎃 -- 🎃 -- 🎃 -- 🎃So i got a TON of new watchers after this happened to my family and I.
I'll explain just to re-cap what happened.
On New Years Day around 8:30 pm (I called 911 at 8:28) a fire started in my basement and it spread to the basement stairs and hallway. Almost reaching my kitchen. I immediately ran out of the house without a jacket or shoes, any form of warmth.
I was on the phone with 911 hysterical that my cats were in there and to hurry. My dog made it out and so did the rest of my family but my cats didn't. Two were found dead and the third was missing and we think she was in one of the rooms of the basement and they couldn't see her (she was grey)
So for the first time in my life I had literally nothing except my friends and family.
The day after the fire a GoFundMe page is started and right now its at 4,500
My friends started donating to my moms paypal account and worked really hard to help me.
A week or so goes by and we find out it was a candle. And you will not believe how fucking angry I was when I found out because that means it could be my aunt who pisses me off already by herself because she's an idiot.
Anyway so its been three weeks now and my mom tells me she has the code to my house so we can finally get in but we're only allowed to get cable equipment first and things out of the garage and my car (whICH HAS BEEN SITTING THERE THIS WHOLE TIME BECAUSE NO ONE TAKES ME TO GET GAS IN CANS UGH)
My mom told me they're gonna tear the house down. I kinda shook for a minute because it scared the shit out of me.
I watched this house burn.
I saw it explode into the living room and break the glass to the basement. I saw it after too and it didn't look that bad but I was outside but still.
I didn't think they were gonna try to salvage the house, there's no point to. It didn't keep us warm in the winter, it didn't keep us cool in the summer. It had a lot of problems but I dunno just hearing that they were going to destroy where I was for the last 3 years just kinda set in and its so upsetting. They're destroying where my cats died, they're destroying where *throws up* fell in love *throws up* (it sounds way too cheesy i can't stand it) they're destroying where I graduated, my memories. I hated that house but the memories man. Thats not cool.
And this weekend we're looking at a house. I'm so excited to get the rest of my stuff and see what I should replace and get my life back on track because living with my grandparents is giving me an ulcer. 
I'm not surprised at the house being ordered torn down. The structural integrity has been so substantially compromised that it wouldn't be safe to fix. I know there are a lot of memories there for you, but, you know what? Aside from sentimental value, the house is just a structure. You and your Mom got out (not even gonna mention your idiot aunt) and both have the memories of living there and that's what matters.
I'm looking forward to hearing about the new house and the new start it will allow you and your Mom to make. Would love to see pics of the new place, but that's your call.
and yeah i'm excited about seeing this new house, I just hope its nice because I want to move in and get started.
but losing an animal is actually easier when you lose the house you shared it with. Even though my cat is in my grandparents back yard.