Sunday, February 24, 2008

   My Heating System.
I think that's what it's called- the heating ducts and vents and things. We all have them in our homes. They keep us warm. Except... when things go ary! *cue scary music*

So. I am home alone. Okay. That's a lie. With me are two cats, one feeble grandmother, one older brother who, for all intents and purposes, might as well not be there and... a Something.

It's a very loud something, it is. Crawling about in my heating system... as we speak! At first, I thought it was a cat. I heard bangings and what seemed to be kitty hisses. So, I grabbed a phillipshead and began undoing the screws of the vent from which the noise came. In my haste, I forgot to make sure there was a cat missing.

Ten minutes later, my cats sashay over to see why I'm kneeling on the kitchen linoleum dismantling the vent. I cursed them out for making me worry and gave them a handful of kitty treats. (Shadow, the glutton cat of the weak constituation, will probably be sick tonight.)

So. It's not a cat that is making these strange bangings and whirrings. Is it a bear? I could've sworn I heard water dripping... Is a bear pissing in my heating system? That would be terrible!

Ooh. There was just a really loud bang. It rattled the ventcover. Hm. I tried calling my mom. But her cell's not on. And I'm not sure where my father absconded to. So I called Grace's cell. There's a reason I think of her as my Saving Grace: when strange things happen, she comes over and sorts them out while I eat a sandwich.

But she's at Whitemarsh Mall. I reminded to pick up more manga, though. So I guess that's a good thing.

Also, the tiny sliver of wood that lodged itself in my finger while I was undoing the- DUDE! The vent just _rumbled_. I'm not even kidding. It went: "Ruhruhruh! Bang! Bang!" So. Anyway, the splinter is gone! While I was typing it just... disappeared! Wow!

Hmm. Maybe it's noxious fumes making that noise. They will seep into my house and when my parents come home we will all be comatose. Except for my brother; for all intents and purposes, he already is.

Wait! Is that the garage door I hear? Have my mom and sister come back from Dick's Sporting Goods? Yes! Yes! No! It was just the heating system.

Grace told me that I should arm myself with pepper spray in case it's a bear.



...Oh. Never mind. My father just emmerged from the basement. He said it was making those noises because he was fixing it. Apperently it broke last night. That would explain why the house has been cold. And now it is fixed. So our house will not be cold. But a bear would've been more fun.

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