Hi there
Guess what happened last night at our house!?
I was fast asleep when suddenly I awoke to all the lights on and my husband walking around our bedroom.
Our bedroom is in the basement as is our 2nd daughter's. However, her walls don't reach all the way to the ceiling, so there is a slight gap between the ceiling and her walls. (This design was on purpose to help with air circulation in the basement).
Apparently, when my husband used his coping saw a week ago, it had been tightened too much. It sat quietly on the basement shelf on the side of her bedroom wall in its tension for a week and then decided it couldn't take it any more. So it popped.
One of the screws--well, one of the screws shot over Brin's wall through the small gap below the ceiling.
And landed on her head.
That is most definitely a startling way to wake up in the middle of the night.