Barb's Saturday Adventure

Each day that I've been here has been a new experience for me and at 4:30 am, this tops it for the week. At that time (4:30 a.m.) I was awakened by the extremly loud noise of fire alarms going off in the hotel. Normally, since I wake each morning at 4:00 to go to work - I would be more than awake by 4:30; however, there is some kind of function going on in the hotel with many little girls doing a cheerleading contest and on my floor, an entire wedding party with all the women having their own celebration, so I didn't get to sleep until after Midnight. I opened my door and saw everyone (very quietly mind you - the little darlings were half asleep) running toward the stairwell. I grabbed the essentials, my cigarettes, wallet and door key and followed them down 23 flights of stairs. It wouldn't be bad going down but my left foot is swollen like a balloon again and this made it difficult for me - I was happy that everyone was very calm and orderly. There was a small fire but I don't know where - we stood outside for about 15 minutes and then were told we could go back - it took me until 5:30 to get back up to my room - 1 elevator was down and I certainly wasn't going to walk up 23 floors! I was tempted to go across the street to the hospital and be with Vic (his window actually faces the front of the hotel) but then I would have to leave the hospital in daylight and I was in my pj's. I am now hoping that this doesn't happen when Vic gets out of the hospital - I don't know how I'll get him down all those stairs. I'm going to the hospital now (I have unlimited access to his room) and will post an update on how he's doing later when I come back here.
Barb