Fire Alarms and Sleepy Moms
This morning at around 4:30 AM I woke to a strange beeping sound. I groggily sat up and wondered what that dreadful noise was but soon realized that Ralexwin was no longer in bed next to me so I fell back to sleep.
Fast forward 30 minutes and Ralexwin is in the bedroom getting dressed.
"What was that sound?" I ask sleepily.
"The fire alarm." He says pulling his shirt over his head.
"In the house?" (not quite awake yet)
"Downstairs by the furnace."
"What was wrong?" I mumble.
"Hmm?" I must not be talking very clearly.
"Was there smoke or something?"
"No, just the battery dying."
"How long did it go off for?"
"About twenty minutes before I just took the stupid battery out."
I sit up a little more awake. "Did you just say that thing was going off for 20 minutes?"
"Yeah." He's pulling socks on now.
I fall back to my pillow. "Pretty affective fire alarm there. How long do you think it takes an entire family to burn alive?"
He chuckled.
But now I'm worried. He's the only one who heard it... no one else in the family stirred, what kind of early warning system is that!? A fire alarm that's to quiet for anyone to hear. Hmm, sounds useful, and not only that but evidently it likes to cry wolf.
Maybe I should invest in a new alarm.
Fast forward 30 minutes and Ralexwin is in the bedroom getting dressed.
"What was that sound?" I ask sleepily.
"The fire alarm." He says pulling his shirt over his head.
"In the house?" (not quite awake yet)
"Downstairs by the furnace."
"What was wrong?" I mumble.
"Hmm?" I must not be talking very clearly.
"Was there smoke or something?"
"No, just the battery dying."
"How long did it go off for?"
"About twenty minutes before I just took the stupid battery out."
I sit up a little more awake. "Did you just say that thing was going off for 20 minutes?"
"Yeah." He's pulling socks on now.
I fall back to my pillow. "Pretty affective fire alarm there. How long do you think it takes an entire family to burn alive?"
He chuckled.
But now I'm worried. He's the only one who heard it... no one else in the family stirred, what kind of early warning system is that!? A fire alarm that's to quiet for anyone to hear. Hmm, sounds useful, and not only that but evidently it likes to cry wolf.
Maybe I should invest in a new alarm.
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