alarms

my phone rang at 3:28am. i jumped out of bed, and said "this can't be good" to diana.

i missed the call, but called the number back. the alarm monitoring company for the shop was calling to tell me that one of the alarms was going off, and should they call the police? i said no, and pulled my clothes on. i was out the door and into the car in about 30 seconds, and caught all green lights as i flew the four miles over there.

on the drive i had the opportunity to think about my computer going away, or what other objects in the shop could disappear, and how that would affect me. i had time to think about installing curtains. i thought about finding someone in my office.

the shop was closed; no one had broken in. i looked around to make sure, and decided that the oversized new order poster had been moving the in breeze of a fan i moved slightly when leaving work, to blow air on the iced-over windows. i called diana, so she could go back to sleep, and drove myself home. i was back in bed at five after four, but of course couldn't sleep until almost five am.