No Boom Today

[billroper]

We had a great time visiting bedlamhouse and ladyat's new place down in Danville, Indiana. In the evening, min0taur, Sally, tollers, and Jen joined us for dinner and a bit (not nearly enough :) ) music. We bugged out right after dinner at about 9:45 Eastern time and made it back to Chicago in about four hours. We would have done better than this, except Indiana 39 headed off into a long detour as we tried to take it north from Danville to Lebanon; then the River Road toll plaza on the Northwest Tollway was an absolute mess from construction. Par would have been about 3.5 hours, I think.

We arrived home to find the house still here, but an alarm going off in the basement. Apparently, an enormous can of "denatured alcohol solvent" decided to develop a pinhole leak and the basement is now saturated with ethanol and methanol fumes. Our gas detector is having a fit. If it doesn't give up, sooner or later I'll unplug it so we can get some sleep, having opened all the windows in the basement to give the stuff a chance to dissipate after removing the box that the can had been in -- along with its alcohol-sodden contents -- to the backyard.

Meanwhile, we're hoping that fuzzbucket_cat will forgive us for our two week absence, but he's sulking in the back yard right now. I don't think he likes the gas alarm either.

Comments

[tollermom]

Ewwww about the can o' solvent. That couldn't have been fun to come home to!

Has fuzzbucket_cat forgiven you yet? I should have made sure you took some of the barbecue home... kitties are all about the bribes.

It was great to see y'all again! Hopefully we can do it again soon...

[catalana.livejournal.com]

Glad you made it back okay...although the gas leak doesn't sound like fun. Ugh. How's Bilbo?

[billroper]

Fuzz was neatly bribed with the catnip that I picked up at the Danville Farmers Market. Most (if not all) appears to be forgiven. :)

Getting together sounds like a plan. Now, I just need to manufacture another month in the calendar...

[billroper]

Well, if it had been gas it would have been very bad. The can of alcohol was just really annoying, since it wasn't very toxic. The methanol fumes probably weren't good for me, but I wasn't breathing them for very long.

Bilbo is still eating, sleeping, walking, and meowing (along with other less savory activities). But he seems no worse off than when we left.

[catalana.livejournal.com]

Actually, the key one I was waiting for was "breathing." But if he's eating and the rest, then breathing follows. And I am happy! Tenacious kitty. *virtual Bilbo skritch*