Okay, back to bed.

Yes, this! And have a cup of tea, too. There's not much a cup of tea can't make feel better. Even if it's only a wee bit.

I have skipped and skimmed and such.

Kat, I am sorry to hear that Grace is back in ICU

JZ, if you are here, congratualtions on job offers

Also, I HATE all of you roof rat people. I woke up at 4 am this morning hearing what I thought was a scratching and pushing on my attic door, and all I could think of were roof rats! (well, and a giant raccoon, but I don't think one could get in my attic.) When I finally convinced myself to get up and check it out, it turned out I had left my ipod playing all night, and the scratching and banging was really the sound emanating from the earpod!

For a kitchen or bathroom, spend a couple extra bucks and get a detector with a large "Off" button in the center, which suspends the alarm for a couple minutes before resetting. Then if it goes off, grab a handy pole or broomstick.

I really wish landlards would do that. My alarm is in my central hallway, which makes sense, but it goes off a) every time I cook, because the stove is right by the door, and the steam from boiling sets it off , b) sometimes when I shower, and c) the first time I turn the heat on for the year, which is scary because it involves gas, and pilot lights and long clickly lighters in my apartment, since the furnace is also in my hallway

we have about a zillion smoke detectors, due to the code that there has to be one on every floor PLUS one in each bedroom. The one on the first floor... yeah, we don't even have that installed anymore. It's right next to the kitchen practically over the stove. But when we do anything smokier than usual, the alarm on the 2nd floor rises to the occasion. So, I'm not too concerned about the first floor one being out of commission.

There are many battery-changing beep shenanigans as well as the occasional detector going off FOR NO REASON WHATSOEVER. Bah. They are also very LOUD.

We have a CO detector in our bedroom.

Kat, lots of ~ma for Grace.

w/r/t all those detectors our houses are supposed to have, I will add the recommendation to have the carbon one be talking instead of beeping. It narrows down the possible answers when you ask, "what the hell is making that noise?" at 3 a.m.

Our new house is all painted and the floor guys start today. A week from Wednesday, we should be able to put things on the floor!

It narrows down the possible answers when you ask, "what the hell is making that noise?" at 3 a.m.

That would have been nice a couple of days ago when I was hearing beeping for hours, every twenty minutes, and couldn't pin it down. Turns out it was my new phone, which beeps every twenty minutes after I get a message until I read it.

Kat, I'm sorry Gracie's back in the hospital. I hope she can get better and out of there soon.

Darn you all, instead of getting some good work done this AM, I'm looking at Hawaiian firefighter/surfing instructors, all of whom look exceptional. Also, some of their students are no more great physical specimens than I am, which makes me want to book a trip to Hawaii right now.

Theo, they are funny, personable instructors that gave this fat, old lady as much attention as the young hotties in the class. Plus, they would tow my ass out to the break when I got too tired. If you're ever on Oahu, I highly recommend taking lessons from them.

We have to reconfigure the smoke detectors and CO detectors for the new house. Not sure where they all are so DH will probably do another install, since we won't have enough to make him comfortable.

I need to call the cable/internet company today to take care of our email issues and AT&T to find out why our landline crackles and has static.

The only time I get to shower alone and with the door closed is when I go to the gym.

Turns out it was my new phone,

I need more coffee. I read this as the lead to: 'which detects carbon monoxide' and was confused.

Just sent a really goofy proposal to my pals at the U. where I taught until we moved - who knows, but I'm trying to stretch my brain. And get them to hire me as a distance-education-program-coordinator. Either before or after they create the program. Possibly, I should have waited until I had more coffee.

Our new house is all painted and the floor guys start today. A week from Wednesday, we should be able to put things on the floor!

hooray for pretty floors and walls!

much health~ma for Grace.

I hope Grace is feeling better soon, Kat.

~~~~~Get well soon, Gracie!~~~~~

much ~ma for Kat and Grace and K and Lori.