Almost ready to go back to bed and try this day again. I got started off on the wrong foot and can’t seem to get back into a good rhythm, I woke up before 6:00 this morning hearing a beeping noise. I had two guests trying to sleep so went on a mission to find the cause. It was not coming from the basement.
Finally found the beeping noise in the garage. I didn’t know I had a smoke detector in the garage and last time I changed all the batteries I didn’t change that one. The only problem was the ceilings are tall and I couldn’t reach it.
I messaged Craig around 9:00 and ask if I could borrow his truck and ladder. He has a step-ladder that is taller than the one I have. I had to wait for my guest to leave at 10:00 before I could go pick it up.
I thought I was going to have to put the ladder in the bed of the truck and reach the smoke detector that way. I tried to back the pickup into the garage and get it where I needed it but that is easier said than done. Decided to try with the ladder on the floor and if I stood on the next to top rung I could reach the smoke detector.
Got the smoke detector opened without issue and put in a new battery. The damn thing still beeped. I climbed back up and took the battery back out and put it in the other way. It still beeped! This time I couldn’t get the battery case open so I pulled the whole damn thing out of the ceiling completely.
By then Kathy had come out to see what all the cussing and beeping was about. She noticed a CO2 Monitor I didn’t know was in the garage and found it beeping. I replaced the battery in it and it still beeped. WTF!
Took the batteries out of both of them and put them away. I will figure them out another day! Still not sure if both were going off or if the smoke detector wasn’t even beeping to start with. Things like that drive me crazy.
Took Craig’s pickup back to him and stopped at Fanestil’s to get some snacks for the meeting today. I thought I had some Ritz crackers stashed away but I can’t find them. Guess I will serve cheese and summer sausage without crackers as I am not going back into town for the third time.
I have to go into town this evening to meet the insurance adjuster for my two rental properties to see if insurance will pay for part of the roof replacement. Three trips to town in one day is my limit!
Had another nice guest last night. I had a chance to visit with him briefly before he left this morning. He had enjoyed staying here and had found it very peaceful. He loved on my cat and dogs last night and again this morning.
The committee members that are meeting here this afternoon will be here in about 30 minutes. Best get the house ready for them. I didn’t get the cleaning done I was going to do this morning as I got distracted with the damn beeping noise. Oh well, it is what it is.
Grateful Craig loaned me his ladder, grateful the f*^*ing beeping noise has stopped, and grateful I had a chance to calm down before my afternoon company comes.