Silence is golden

Last week I was in Ontario for my summer holidays - and I had a great time! While I was away, I had a summer student from work take care of my cat.

She contacted me on Tuesday - and told me that my smoke detector was beeping. Once a minute. So, I told her, don't worry about it - I'll call my fix-it-guy! From Ontario, I called my fix-it-guy and told him what was going on - he told me that he'd stop by the following day and fix it.

I didn't follow up with her. I assumed it was taken care of.

When I was unlocking my door upon my return - I heard it beep. (The copy of the key that I had cut doesn't work smoothly - so I actually heard it beep at least three times.)

I did a little investigation - couldn't get it to shut up.

Then I called the fix-it-guy and asked him about it. He was planning on coming tomorrow. Uh... how does that work? It was supposed to be done LAST week...?!?! He wasn't available to come by today - so I asked him what I could do in the meantime - he told me I could take the battery out for the night.

Simple. Awesome. Let's do it.

So, I did it.

And it STILL beeps!

I tried to have a nap - but it was really distracting.

I saw "Inception" last night (don't worry, no spoilers) and at the start they're talking about how easy it is to get someone to think something - like elephants. Well, that's exactly what's happening here - all I can hear are beeps. My entire world has been refocused on this beeping! Oh my precious silence! How I miss you!

It better not impact my sleep tonight! I went to bed late last night, was up by 4:45am and I'm SUPER tired and run down.

Too much fun, not enough rest...

Beep!