There is so much I would love to write about, but I don't want to bore everyone with my political views about all of the crap which is going on in our world right now, so I'll stick with the trivial today. Since I have quite a few personal things which I am juggling around, I will attempt to make an entry tomorrow so I can get a few things off my chest.
I am feeling great and emotionally doing much better than I was a few days ago. My day could have gone better, but in the end it turned out okay. I woke up at 7:30 a.m. this morning to the doorbell ringing. That is usually the sign of a bad day coming, but I wasn't going to let it if I could help it. It goes without saying that I'm not going to answer the door so early in the morning or have anyone else answer it, therefore, I decided I would just lay back and relax for a little while. All of a sudden I hear a strange noise outside my window. My senses are piqued and my entire journal and system goes in the hyperdrive when I see someone walking along the perimeter of my screen in an enclosure. I reach for the sip-n-puff with my mouth are used to dial 911 if this person actually tries to enter the enclosure, but finally my heart rate finally slows down when I realize it is the exterminator. Whew! I take a few deep breaths trying to make sure that my heart is fully extracted from my throat and pushed back into my chest where it belongs. You must keep in mind that when I am in bed I have a rather limited perspective of what is going on around me, so it is even that much more scary when things like this happen outside of my view. It can be downright petrifying.
Knowing that I'd be up for a few minutes after a shock like that, I decided to turn on the television and possibly drift off to the sound of the Military History Channel, so I could get a few more hours sleep before I got started with the process of getting up. I'm a late riser and do most of my work late in the afternoon and evening (although, most people think it's night by their standards). Anyway, just after I turned the television on I heard my stupid alarm systems start to chirp. It had done this the previous night and I knew that my battery was low, but my brother was able to reset it so that I could sleep through the night. Something like a perpetual chirping noise always occurs whenever I don't have someone in the house to rectify the problem, and this was one of those mornings where I didn't have anyone around. Just figures! This incessant noise was driving me bananas and all I could do was turn the television up to try to drown it out as much as possible. Imagine something chiming every 30 seconds and not being able to do much about it, not even close a door or leave the general area. Now you understand my predicament. It is definitely beyond frustrating.
A little later in the morning my sister-in-law decided to bestow me with her presence, so I immediately put her to work trying to figure out how we could stop this incessant mind rattling, noise. Unfortunately, she was unable to locate the power source and I ended up calling a neighbor to see if he could shut it off. I have had experiences with my previous alarm system and know full well all you have to do is disconnect the battery and unplug the power source. Thankfully, Ron, my neighbor was not busy and came over right away. He, like me, thought it would be a very simple matter to rectify, only he soon discovered this was definitely not going to be easy to fix. He had absolutely no idea how the system was receiving power. Since he is a handyman and has worked on other peoples alarm systems, I am left in a small state of disillusionment. Will I have to put up with this chirping until I can figure out what the original password is and possibly get a new battery? Once I finally got up in my chair, I quickly search through my old e-mails and found the one where the previous owner has given me the original code. Only, it is not the original code, but a secondary code. Thankfully my brother was able to go get a new battery and $32 later, the system has finally stopped chirping. It is operational, but I can not change the code the previous owner used to one I'm I remember without the old code.
If you're wondering why I didn't simply call the alarm company, it's because they charge $20 to come out and that is only if you sign an extension to your contract. Since I am currently paying month-to-month because my contract ran out, I have the freedom to be able to switch to a more cost effective company whenever I want. If you're under contract, these companies really have you by the short hairs, if you know what I mean?
Well, I'll write more tomorrow or Monday. I hope everyone has an outstanding weekend; I plan on it.
Auf Wiedersehen,
Billy
PS there are a few paragraphs that I noticed were a little confusing and I tried to change the tenses, so there might be tons of mistakes. I was also having a lot of problems with my microphone and my dictation today. Hopefully it's legible.
