Beep

Remember yesterday when I said we had a non-zero chance of losing power overnight? Yeah. The power went out at 4am and hadn't come back on when I left six hours later. It did finally come back on around noon, according to the mail I got from PG&E.

But before that, my stupid smoke alarms got together and went off at 7am. Was there any smoke? No. They send each other signals, so I think maybe one of them had a low battery and that set them all off? I don't know.

Anyhow, I opened the battery compartment on two of them and the third shut up when I opened the second. But then I checked the kitten cam later, and now they are doing their "hey, my battery is low" beep every few minutes. The "smoke detectors that are tied in to the electrical system" idea makes sense in general, but in practice it's a pain in the butt. Also, the building code says there has to be one in each bedroom and one in the hall, which means I have four smoke detectors in a ten foot radius. I think I need to just remove the ones that aren't in the master bedroom.

Obligatory Kitten Picture

It's Tarquin, the most fragile vampire. He is soooo playful. I would go in to feed them, and he would just ignore the food and wait for me to throw toys for him.