Tuesday, July 20, 2010

I need a break from all the bleeping beeping!

So this is my on-call month at work. Yes you read that right - MONTH. Don't get me started. In addition to the various electronic devices I carry around with me regularly, for this month I get to carry around the handy-dandy team pager. Yes you read that right again. They still use pagers here. Anyway... It went off in the middle of the night last night and it took me a solid minute or two to figure out what the heck was making that beeping noise. That's when I came to the conclusion that if it takes that long to figure out what is going off, I just may have one too many electronic devices.

Over the weekend I heard yet another beep in the middle of the night and thought it was my cell phone receiving a text message. Nope - it turns out that we had lost power sometime in the night (thank you blinking clocks) and I discovered our cordless phone beeps when it gets powered on.

But none of that has helped me to figure out what beeped in the middle of the night last week. It was loud enough to wake me out of a deep sleep, but after checking the cell phone, iPod Touch, J's cell phone and everything else that was plugged in the kitchen to charge, I still can't figure out what made that noise. One of the laptops perhaps? I don't believe I've ever heard the Wii make noise before. I know the cat's homing devices make a noise when the battery runs low but I don't think this was the same beep. After searching the whole house I ended up convincing myself that maybe it was in my dream.

I think I need a vacation. These beeps are driving me insane!

2 comments:

FunnyGal KAT said...

You are way too wired! I can't help you with most of those devices, but I can confirm that I've never heard our Wii beep. So, one device down and what sounds like a dozen more to go!

sj said...

i have most of my electronic things set to silent or vibrate, so i tend to tune out on the beeps - and we have cordless phones, but the only people that call us are AT&T, Linda McMahon and KAT. And on rare occassions when they can't reach me on my cell phone, my family.

What about the smoke detector? Something with a dying battery?