Went to bed last night just wanting to get a good night's sleep. What I got was a lot of neighbor noise for a while. Then about 5:30 there was a massive cat fight (actual kitties) outside. That was an off & on again bout for about 20 minutes. Then when I'm just about asleep again, the carbon monoxide/smoke alarm starts chirping.
Mind you, it's dark & I'm mostly asleep, so the 1st couple of ear-blitzing chirps weren't really recognized. Finally, I drag my butt out of bed & have to get a step stool to get to the damn alarm. I'm thinking it needs its batteries changed. I replaced them & as I was going to return the alarm to its roost, it starts chirping again.
I turn the thing over & read that a chirp every 30 seconds doesn't mean the batteries are dying. It means the alarm, itself, is dying. I sat the thing down & went back to bed.
I get up. Its a shopping morning, but I did manage to get my morning crunch routine done. Then the internet starts giving me hell. I'm having to load every page like 3 times just to get it to work properly. I wind up leaving later than I wanted to go shopping.
I get there & find out that the alarm is like $35. WTF? Smoke alarms are like $10, but add on the carbon monoxide & you get a huge jump. I leave it, thinking I'll go price these things online.
I get home & unload groceries. Then I hear a crash in the kitchen. A back off of a chair broke & dumped my roomie on the floor. Luckily, it looks like she's just banged up & no major problems. Then we see the bills have come. I also find out the Wally World price on the alarm is about par for the course.
Out we go again. I pay the utilities bills, buy the alarm & head home. By this time, it's nearly 11:00. We're both tired, hungry & just want to be home. We picked up Chinese on the way from a new place. It was OK. The soup was really good.
Over all my morning has sort of sucked. I've replaced the alarm. I've taken my shower & I'm going to look at my online stuff & that is all for today.
Cya...
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