First Morning
Oh did I need to shower. I hadn't slept very well during the night. A strange woman was ringing my doorbell and pounding on my front door. I didn't know her. Hell, I just moved in. And after that I had Home Invasion nightmares the rest of the night. I needed a shower. Hot water to soothe and wake me up. I had a lot to do all day. I started the shower. Great the water is hot and ready to go. I was almost done with soap still in my hair and shaving cream on my leg. I heard this high pitched noise. Was it the water pressure? I turned off the water and there it became clear my Smoke Alarm was going off. It had a eardrum piercing alarm. I jumped out of the shower into panic mode. I ran out to the hallway. There was the culprit. I ran downstairs in hyper-speed. I had to make sure the others weren't going off as well. I ran back upstairs and grabbed a chair. I have to stop here and remind you I am stark naked with soap in my hair and shaving cream on one leg. I was struggling to get the smoke alarm cover off. I am soaking wet on a wooden chair on the very top of a flight of stairs. I gave it my all and thought if I break it I don't care. I got if off and found out there isn't a battery to remove to stop this horrible ear piercing noise. I started touching anything to see if there was a stop button but only Zapped myself. I have to stop here and remind you I am stark naked with soap in my hair and shaving cream on one leg standing on a chair on the top of a flight of stairs. I couldn't turn the damn thing off.... I could see two of my new neighbors standing in front of my new home wondering what was going on. I would dread if they came to my home to help and found me running around soaking wet naked. In hyper-speed, I ran downstairs to get my cell phone. I needed to call my dad. At this time my hands are shaky and I am near tears. My mother answered and I shouted "my smoke alarm is going off. "Oh, is that what that noise is" she said. I screamed "get Dad!!" My dad suggested I wave a stiff paper or cardboard in front of the smoke alarm. I did that and the noise stopped. Thank God- Silence.....Adrenaline was shooting through my veins. I am sure I had wild eyes to match. When I went back to the phone my mother was on the other end. I don't remember what she said but I burst into tears and began to bawl on the phone. And what did my mother do.....she began to laugh and then laughed hysterically at me bawling. Which made me bawl harder.It was brought to my attention the steam from the shower set off the alarm. Now I am paranoid about taking showers. I am paranoid about making toast. I wanted to get a BBQ Grill for my lil patio- whose to say that can't set of my smoke alarm. Serious Paranoia
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