There are many technological advancements for which i'm incredibly grateful. But lots of things now seem integrated rather than seperate and that can have drawbacks. Recently I've been hankering for the days I could "just" lock my car. Currently, there is an integral alarm that despite reading the manual several times over now, I can't discover a way of disabling. A week ago (exactly a year since the pothole drama that took months to fix properly) the alarm started playing up. Last night it got the point where I simply had to leave the car unlocked rather than risk upsetting the neighbours - it had gone off at work, it had gone off at home in the afternoon (and the dog hadn't even noticed - I'd been relying on that) and then it had gone off endlessly at my boyfriend's. It's impossible to relax watching tele if you're straining to check if an alarm is sounding.
And despite knowing it wasn't even on I couldn't even relax to sleep - I got up at one point just to check if my ears were playing tricks on me (yes they were).
Today is hopefully going to be a relaxing day. Still need to get the house back together post Christmas. And will have to keep thinking what to do about the car. It seems to like its New Year Challenge of me. Hope you get a good ratio of challenge to rest too.
The good news is that simply by reading the manual out loud to my Dad, I was able to figure a way of locking it without the alarm - hurrah! He didn't need to do anything but listen, sympathise and encourage. My Dad is ace.
ReplyDeleteThere's not been much relaxing for me as yet, tho the kids have had a PJ day, as the chores have been unending. Maybe this evening I will pour myself a drink and play some board games with my offspring. Hope so.