Up in Flames

We'd just sat down with Marty and Lizzie to a delicious swordfish dinner Dan made when he received a call from a co-worker, Adam, who we were going with to the Jazz game. 

Earlier that day Dan had been out with their banker touring properties. The banker had been impressed with how nice the Sugarhouse property was and how fast it's been leasing up. So when Adam said, "the building's on fire," Dan assumed it was a metaphor about how incredible the Sugarmont property was.

But then he turned on FaceTime and showed Dan a view of the street. "No! The new building under construction is literally on FIRE!" Right across the street from their offices in Brickyard, a three-alarm fire -- flames hundreds of feet in the air -- was torching the building. 

The three of them drove over after dinner and Dan made his way through the police and fire barricade -- all he had to tell them was he was the owner of the building. 

Fortunately we're blessed to live in a country where we have first responders to help in emergencies. And insurance to cover expenses and losses. It seems everybody's investments should be fine. Because the project's finish time will now be delayed, Dan and Chad will lose their "promote" which is essentially their bonus for putting the deal together. (It's way more detailed than that, obvs). 

Thankfully, nobody was hurt. And that's the biggest blessing. In the end, yes, dealing with the aftermath and reconstruction will be a pain, but we're talking about the loss of lumber, not people. There are other physical casualties -- a couple of million dollar cranes are probably a loss. The concrete structure of the parking garage may be compromised and have to be rebuilt because of the heat. 

But replaceable things were lost, not people.

I've said it before and I'll say it again. After Marty's car wreck was so serious yet everyone walked away, it felt like an incomprehensible blessing. Because not every family is that fortunate.

Six months later when my diamond ring was stolen right out of my bedroom, I was surprised, disheartened, distraught and even sad. But I had my son. And the loss of a ring was nothing in comparison. Nothing. 

When you've gone through something that, it puts losses of things in perspective.

The Jazz game was also a disappointment. They held with The Clippers the whole game -- didn't go down in flames -- but lost at home. So sad. We love our Jazz.