Not a Happy Camper

At 4 am............ yes you read that right - 4 F&#!King AM - i awoke to a BEEP........ BEEP........ BEEP........... BEEP.

It took a while for the noise to register - it wasn't my alarm clock - it wasn't the doorbell - it wasn't the neighbour's........ WTF was that noise????

My Fire alarm??? Couldn't be I changed the damn thing over the Christmas break.  

I quite literally stumbled down the stairs with sleepy eyes and heart racing.... grabbed the flashlight - cause ya know the security panel is in the cupboard where no one can see it.. where it is always dark... and reading the display screen is next to impossible - to see Zone 5 Fire.  

Well the house wasn't on fire.  So as I sit here typing this with my first cup of coffee of the day - listening to the constant BEEP......... BEEP...........BEEP.......BEEP.........I am guessing the damn batteries need to be changed ........... AGAIN.

Ask me if I am happy........ go on I dare you !!  I double dare you !!

Once I am awake enough to be half civilized...... I will call the damn alarm company and verify it is the batteries in the smoke / fire detector. Get them to take me off line.  Then I will find the 2 9volt batteries I need - then I will drag a kitchen chair into the hallway - turn all the F*#!King lights on so I can half see the damn thing...... fight and struggle to get the damn top off the damn fire / smoke detector - fight to get the damn batteries out - fight to get the new damn batteries in........ then the biggest fight of all - trying to get the damn top back on the damn fire/smoke detector...... then punching in codes - twice - then call the damn company back and get them to put me back on line.



Damn I didn't need this today............ this week.............. didn't need it at ALL ........... grrrrrrrrrr


Welcome to 4 o'clock in the F*#!King morning in the Great White North !!!