2 Almost Darwin Awards

Things in the blog are a little out of order ... but that's ok.  I'm sorry if it's confusing.

Two nights ago, I woke up and had trouble breathing.  I usually do NOT sleep with the propane heater on.  I forgot to turn it off.  It was off.  So, it did not have enough O2 to burn.  I jumped up and opened the door, letting a lot of air in.  So, it either consumed all the oxygen, or filled the trailer with CO.
Either way, I believe God was watching out for me! 

Last night, I got up to turn on the propane heater for a while before I went to sleep, and a big burst of flame shot out.  Lots of stuff was on fire.  I was running around barefoot on the rocks where I'm camped, trying to get everything out of the trailer that was on fire out of the trailer.  Then trying to put things out by pouring water on them ... in one case, I peed on a small bit of burning stuff! 

Here's what I posted on Facebook:

Almost had won a Darwin Award again last night. And yes, it was all my fault, and I should be better prepared. Short version: I had a fire in my trailer last night. Long version: I had not properly connected the line from my big propane tank to my heater and when I lit it, BOOM. If I could have watched it from above, I would have laughed my ass off. I pulled everything that was burning outside, and put out the stuff on the inside with my freakin SPRAY BOTTLE. My extinguisher is empty. DUH. I put one of the outside things out by peeing on it! hahahahahah. That's USING YOUR HEAD, huh? I couldn't find my phone, or I would have called one of my neighbors for help. And no, they're too far away to see that I'm on fire. I can't find one of my shoes, so I guess it burned up. Otherwise, everything is ok.

I had a Doctor's Appointment today, and the Doc told me to get a propane monitor and a CO monitor.  Yes , Doctor!  😃