How to Cook

How do you live without a microwave??

Tonight I was getting ready for my parents to come to town tomorrow, and part of getting ready was cleaning. I had some soup in a large container in the fridge that I thought would be better in smaller Pyrex dishes, so I got a spoon and doled out the soup. I had a little bit leftover, so I decided to microwave it for an evening snack.

While I was microwaving the soup, I was also hanging up laundry (by the kitchen). I heard this weird *pop* noise, but I wasn't sure it was the microwave. Well I wasn't sure until I realized Sprinkles was strangely interested in the microwave (picture head tilted, gazing up at the microwave in confusion). Anyways, the food was still spinning, the light still on, clock still counting down, and motor still running...

I went to put my laundry away, and I realized a fire alarm was going off in a nearby building in the complex, so Sprinkles and I stood on the porch until we heard sirens approaching. When I realized the sirens stopped super close to my building, we went on a walk to investigate. The building around the corner (the one right by mine across the courtyard) had alarms going off, and 2 firetrucks in front of it, and a lot of people were outside watching what was going on. Amazing how many people decide to walk their dogs when a firetruck comes into the complex! Anyways, no hoses out, no smoke, no fire, but it took a good 5-10 minutes for them to turn off the alarm and get it to stay off. Not brazen enough to hit on a hot fireman, I decided it was time for Sprinkles and me to head back home.

OK, so I get home and realize I forgot my soup. Hm, must mean I'm not really hungry, but I press '2' so it will heat for 2 more minutes. That's when I notice that the microwave is making a slightly odd and louder sound than normal, but I pass it off thinking that maybe hearing the alarm so close and so loud for so long messed my ears up a bit. Yeah, my soup came out stone cold. Grrrr. I called the complex service request line and left a message. I actually told them my parents will be here tomorrow, so I could really use them fixing/replacing my microwave tomorrow. Usually they're fairly fast. I REALLY hope they're fast this time.

I'm just annoyed. I know appliances break, and it's no one's fault, but it's irritating. I mean, how do you heat leftovers? How do you cook South Beach pizzas and heat South Beach wraps? I know I have a stove top and oven, but that's all so time consuming! I realize people lived without microwaves for a long time, but wow I really hate knowing mine doesn't work. I also hate that I have to wait for my complex to fix it. Granted if they didn't I'd have to pay for one myself, but at least I could go do that tonight and have a working microwave in a half hour.

The saving grace is that I have a microwave...at school. I had my own microwave in my apartment in Searcy (and it was nice). When I moved to a complex that provided microwaves (a built in that goes with the stove vent), I took mine up to school for the math storeroom for us to use. Oddly enough we don't use it, but I'm "storing" it on a filing cabinet in the storeroom anyways. If they haven't replaced it by Monday, I think I'll bring that one home with me. It's heavy though... so I hope they replace mine fast. :)

I know... pointless post, but it's on my mind, and it's MY blog. ;-)