oh, i can't believe i forgot!

one of the highlights (low lights?) of v.k.'s visit was our eurovision concert watching fireplace mishap.

i have a working fireplace in my apartment. v.k. and i decided to start a fire since it was a chilly evening. we ventured out first to buy snacks and a lighter. there was firewood and i had paper for kindling so we were good to go. of course, we had to open the flue. it was the most bizarre flue i'd ever seen. it sort of flicked up and out to open, or so it seemed.

v.k. opened the flue, or so we thought. she proceeded to make a fire. and it truly looked like the smoke was going up the chimney. until it smoked us in the living room! of course, only one of the windows in the living room opens, so we were sputtering and coughing for a while before it cleared out and we attempted again.

this time, the flue was properly opened and a roaring fire made. hilarious. i'm glad my upstairs neighbours were away for the weekend since the smoke was pretty potent and i'm sure they would have imagined i had burnt the house down.

can't believe i forgot to add that!