(I am so annoyed--I wrote today's entire post and it got lost somehow.)
Early this morning we were in our living room and we saw something large fall past our window and crash onto the ground 4 stories below. I was terrified that a person had fallen out of a window. But no, thankfully not. It was a large part of the upper window frame (made of mortar) on our upstairs neighbor's apartment.
It hit the street and shattered into hundreds of pieces. We are so lucky that no one was there when it fell! Apparently it had been coming loose for a while, and our neighbor had contacted our building coop manager (syndic) twice recently to have it looked at.
Soon after, a fire truck and police car arrived and cordoned off our street. We got to see how they managed to fit a fire truck in our street and raise the bucket 5 stories high with a hydraulic lift. While the fireman was up near hte roofline, he inspected the next building as well and tapped on the soffits to be sure nothing else was threatening to come loose.
So yes, quite the exciting morning.
And I am now reassured that if there is a fire, there is a way to get us out of our 4th story apartment.
The rest of the day was gloriously lazy. Eric announced, "Today, I want to do...absolutely nothing." And we mostly accomplished that with great success. I read a book much of the day and didn't even go outside. (Yes, I know, I probably should have. But priorities.) We watched "Back To the Future III." Eric took a treasure hunting swim near the Negresco and came back with a snorkel, four shoes, a pair of broken sunglasses, a fishing lure, and a bandana.
We let the kids stay up late to watch the first half of the Euro Cup (England vs Italy). We're currently heading into the second overtime with the score tied at 1-1.
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