"As of last night Chris and I will be residing at the Clarion Hotel courtesy of State Farm Insurance for at least the next four weeks. This hotel is located at the corner of Aspen and the Broken Arrow Expressway in Broken Arrow. We also have our pets with us with the hotel's blessing and a slight surcharge.
After spending four miserable ice laden days without power and heat in our house, the power finally returned at 12:30 pm yesterday. We immediately showered, starting washing clothes and made a trip to the grocery store to restock all the food lost in the frig and freezer without power for so long. At about 8:00 that night we had a fire in the fireplace and were sitting watching TV when we both noticed smoke coming from the bottom and around the fireplace screen. Chris went out to the front porch and came back shouting for me to call the fire department and to get out of the house--that we were on fire (which we very much were). I grabbed my wallet, my dog and my cell phone and ran for the car, dialing 911 at the same time. He ran upstairs for his cat and his wallet and cell phone and came running out to move the car away from the house. Then he tried to fight the flames with our little fire extinguisher, bless his heart. Within 4 minutes of my call to the emergency center, three fire trucks were at our front curb and shortly after were fighting a raging fire which rather badly damaged our townhouse but could have totally destroyed it had they not gotten the fire under control very quickly. We have a restoration company already on the scene who has taken our belongings to their warehouse for cleaning and restoration (even steam cleaning our clothes and delivering of Chris's uniforms to our hotel today). State Farm is totally fantastic--have already been out to the house and have written us a generous expense voucher. They have arranged for us to live here at the Clarion for at least the next four weeks at their expense.
So, God has beautifully taken care of our needs, expressed and unexpressed, during yet another crisis. You cannot reach us at our home phone but must call either the Clarion Hotel or my cell phone. If possible, please call on the Hotel line to save my anytime minutes.
Our kitty had disappeared this morning, and half the hotel management and maids have been joining us in a search for her. I just got a call from Chris in our room saying she just appeared at her litter box as he walked back into the room. We had literally torn the place up inside and outside searching for her--I have no idea where she has been or if one of the maids found her and returned to the room when we were gone--we're just grateful to have her back--she is Chris's absolute love. SIDNEY IS FOUND!!!"
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