The smoke detectors started going off at our neighbors through the wall (the other half of our duplex) this afternoon. They kept going off for a while. I finally mentioned that I wasn't sure that they were even home. After a minute or two, my husband decided to go check. As he was walking next door I thought: what if it is a fire? We'd have to get out too. What would I grab?
The answer was obvious: my thumbdrive. Everything else could be replaced or we could live without, but to lose the most recent version of my dissertation would be heartbreaking. That needed to come with me. (To my credit, I also determined that our diaper bag was packed, so I'd grab that for Kiddo.)
It was just a smoke detector going off, and the neighbors were home.
