RTW: Burning Down the House

Road Trip Wednesday is a weekly blog carnival hosted by YA Highway. This week's topic is: Your house is on fire and you can only grab five things. What are they?

Just reading the prompt made me start sweating and check to make sure there weren't any forgotten candles burning. It also reminded me that I really REALLY need to finally buy a little extinguisher for the kitchen (bad Rebecca!).

I'm going to ignore some obvious answers, like my phone/wallet/passport/insurance information. Also ignoring photo albums (wahhh!) because I have so many of them. And I'm assuming I'm wearing my engagement rings.

My answer starts out all practical:

External HD. All my writing is on here.  Nuff said.

My MacBook. I love this thing like it's my child.
I go into withdrawal if I have to be away
 from it for more than a few hours. Sad, but true.
Also, I am going to need to go online to look
for a new apartment and fill out insurance crap.

And then gets way sentimental:

Bookends made from Tennessee pink marble that once
 was the floor of Vanderbilt Hall at Grand Central Terminal.
GCT is my favorite building in NYC. I love bookends (related to my love of books).
 A wonderful present from my now-fiance.
Maybe a stupid choice because they are very heavy
 and I am running from a fire in this scenario.

Family heirloom Parker pens given to
 me by my mom when I started writing.
Mine are Art Deco and green and they inspire me.

You are probably saying, WTF? A blob in an old Ziploc?
 This is the stuffed bear I left behind in a hotel
 room during a family trip, at age seven.
Even after it went through the hotel laundry,
I managed to get it back. Fast forward to
when I first moved to NYC and was having
 a rough transition. My parents sent me the bear
in this Ziploc, with the caption:
"Never give up! When all is lost it may be found."
 I think I would need this after an apartment fire.

What about you?

EDITED: Um, also assuming all people in my apartment are able to get themselves out, too. :)

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