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So...my neighbor just saved my life merely by knocking on my door
A little discombobulated. While watching Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (last week's episode), my neighbor knocked on my door and asked if I smelled gas. I told her that I didn't...but we stood in the hall for a bit discussing it, and I asked her to come into my hallway -- she didn't smell it, but weirdly we did in the hall right outside my doorway. She said she checked her apartment and nothing was left on. I went out again, and smelled it and it seemed to be coming from my apt somehow. So I went into the kitchen to check and discovered one of my gas burners had been left on. This shocked me.
She saved my life. I could have easily gone to bed with that burner still on.
I hadn't smelled it at all. I accidentally left it on after cooking some green beans. It wasn't lit, so I didn't know. And gas burners don't really smell. The gas is subtle, and the kitchen is separate from the bedroom and living room, off to the side. It had been on for about two hours, if that. I turned it off immediately and double checked everything, then opened the window in my kitchen and a window in my living room and turned on the fan. It's a warm night for November, so this works fine.
I share this with you, because.. it's good to be reminded that we are not alone and how little things like knocking on a neighbor, who you don't know, door could save their life. It's the little things that often matter the most. The little connections.
I've been reminding myself of that this week.
She saved my life. I could have easily gone to bed with that burner still on.
I hadn't smelled it at all. I accidentally left it on after cooking some green beans. It wasn't lit, so I didn't know. And gas burners don't really smell. The gas is subtle, and the kitchen is separate from the bedroom and living room, off to the side. It had been on for about two hours, if that. I turned it off immediately and double checked everything, then opened the window in my kitchen and a window in my living room and turned on the fan. It's a warm night for November, so this works fine.
I share this with you, because.. it's good to be reminded that we are not alone and how little things like knocking on a neighbor, who you don't know, door could save their life. It's the little things that often matter the most. The little connections.
I've been reminding myself of that this week.
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