so there won't be pictures till this afternoon, we're strapped for help so i can't leave. but let me tell you a little about the fire so you won't be so worried (maybe), and i'll add the photos later.

so it went like this, matt and i were having breakfast in my kitchen. he points to the window and asks "what happened?". i turn around and look and have no idea what he's talking about. until he points directly at the two huge scorch marks on the plastic of my window frame. i'm completely puzzled. i don't even own a branding iron. i'm thinking some how someone broke into the apartment to torch my window frame. and then matt says, must be the mirror.

you know how you can burn ants with a magnifying glass? apparently if you stick a mirror on your sideboard and the sun comes out it will melt the plastic on your window, scorch it, and leave streaky smoke marks going up the side. who knew? it's not like we get so much sun here that i'd be worried about spontaneous combustion. i guess i should be.

i did learn that no matter how hard you scrub with your mr. clean magic eraser it will not remove the burnt from plastic. magic my ass. it did, however, remove the flame residue to a degree.*

so the mirror is now in the closet and my security deposit is fairly certainly gone for good. that was probably inevitable and there was only $100 left anyway. it's worth the money just to imagine how teddy will wonder how i managed to set the window on fire.

*punny