Alarming

Tuesday night, Suzy, Paul, Retta and Cliff took off to Lake Jackson. I managed to get my blueberry bush planted, the car cleaned out and my CPR manikins clean and back together that night. I cleaned all day Wednesday so that I would be able to bake most of Thursday. About an hour after falling asleep on Wednesday, the smoke alarm went off. No, there wasn't a fire or smoke, it was just letting me know that it was time for a new battery. Jarred, and a little shaky, I went back to sleep. Two hours after that, a big bolt of lightning struck somewhere near by, knocked out the electricity for a second and set off the security alarm. I jumped up from bed, completely confused and terrified, (mind you, when I am at work, I am regularly wakened by alarms to go to someone in trouble, but nothing like this!). I had never heard that security alarm before. Apparently the alarm is designed to be so loud that the burglar/bad guy CAN'T stay in the house. It was loud enough to paralyze me. I am afraid if anyone ever really broke in and set the thing off, I would be more incapacitated than the bad guy. Anyway, I am glad that the rest of the family didn't have to endure the alarming night that I did.