Donna's Miserable Life - Parts VII

Donna's Miserable Life - Part VII
Burnin' Down the House!

Now, this is the adventure of adventures! We find out starlet awake on her day off at 7:30am (for some ungodly reason that has yet to be explained) and accomplishing her "chores" by 8am! Talk about productive! She gets her paperwork ready for work, FAXES it (rather than forgetting to), and stuffs it in an envelope all ready to mail out on Monday (simply because she isn't used to being off on Saturday's and forgot there is mail delivery today). She gets four loads of laundry done, does dishes, and even remembers to get more toilet paper from the basement to restock the bathroom. After putting away laundry, she grabs a nice big 30 gallon garbage bag and makes her way into the living room to "pack up" Dayna's "recreational activites (read as: Throw out all Dayna's stuff, again). But... ***Dunt dunt dun dun*** upon arrival to the living room, she notices a funky smell. ***Sniff, sniff*** Woodsy? Incense?? Burning!!! But what...?

She wanders around, frantically unplugging anything (and everything) that can be unplugged. She runs room to room trying to figure out where this odor is coming from! She sees no flame...no smoke... She ventures outside, possibly someone is BBQ'ing? (Why they'd BBQ a wooden log is beyond me, but hey...stranger things have happened). No unusual smells outside. Uh Oh! That means it's IN the house!!!

Back to the living room! Dayna's recreational activity has permeated every corner (and much of the sides and center as well) ***Pan room to illustrate*** Garbage bag in hand, our starlet sets out on the impossible task! After finishing one corner, she remembers..."The Room"... The Room has been off limits for over a month now, for Certain Death lie in wait on the other side. Could it be? It can't be! Maybe? No!

Our starlet drops everything, stands and begins clearing a path to The Room! She throws aside a stereo speaker, eyes a smashed computer monitor and (carefully) avoids it's attack, she steps on several other vicious creatures on her way!!! (Folders, papers, empty bags, markers, a whole swarm of dirty clothing...did I mention this episode is PG 13? Discretion is advised.) The smell is worse the closer she gets! She runs (as best she can jumping over more obstacles) to the electric socket, and pulls all the plugs! She turns to face the other socket... ***suspenseful music here*** there it is! The lavender lamp from the dresser, now on it's side on the floor (presumably knocked over by Charlie, our cat), still ON!!! ***Freaky music*** Our Starlet, taking care of business by her self (as usual), rights the lamp, and pulls the plug, and proceeds to stamp out the smoldering carpet!!! The bravery, the valor, the courage!