Burnin' down the house!

Oops! Marissa asked if she could have ramen for dinner and I finally said yes (she's been wanting ramen since she got back from her dad's two weeks ago!). Anyway, I went on to the bedroom to play on the computer leaving her to cook her ramen. Tonight is a fend-for-yourself night. She's cooked ramen plenty of times before... suddenly I smell something weird. I'm thinking it's all in my head. Then I continue to smell it and it seems a bit stronger. I'm thinking that it could be the neighbors trying to bbq or something. I go to check it out - making my way to the front door.

As soon as I open my bedroom door, I'm smacked by the burning smell and gray smoke filling the house. I called for Marissa because I didn't see her and didn't hear her. She came walking out of the kitchen with swim goggles on her face! Why wasn't the smoke detector screaming in our ears!?! Not to worry at this point... I hurry into the kitchen to see what's going on as Marissa explains that she forgot to put water in the ramen before cooking it. I'm like, "what?", how do you forget to put ramen in the bowl?

Well, upon seeing what was in the microwave, I figured it out. She made the cup-o-noodles that I have for work or after-school snacks. Oy. It's burned black and only about 2 inches tall. The microwave is all orange and fumes are choking me. This is all happening in seconds of time. I tell Marissa to go outside as I'm running for the door because I can't breathe! I told her to stand there and fan the door while I go back into the house to open windows and try to clean up/rid the mess.

It took me 40 minutes to clean up what had baked, melted and fumigated the microwave. It's been 3 hours since then and I can still smell the light fragrance of Eau de Toxic Styrofoam! Um, word to the wise - styrofoam should not be microwaved. Boiling water may be added to the cup but you should NOT heat in a microwave as it cooks from the inside out. However, the paper liner/lid was fine if only slightly discolored. Lol.