Sooo.... backstory: Two weeks ago, I had a home security system installed (from a door to door salesman, which is a story in and of itself).
I woke up this morning at around 4:30 and when I couldn't get back to sleep right away, I got up to go have a glass of milk. My guy is an INCREDIBLY light sleeper, so I'm trying to be careful and tiptoe around so as not to wake him. While standing in my kitchen drinking the aforementioned milk, I look through the door window to admire the moonlight that I saw shining in. That was when I notice that Edward (guy in question) had not quite taken all the garbage to the curb. There were a few bags of weeds I'd pulled that he probably didn't realize should have also been set out for collection. So I figure I'm awake, may as well drag them to the curb so the garbage guys take them. I set my milk down, open the door, and... ALARM ALARM ALARM BEEP BEEP BEEP ALARM!!!!
Phones start going off because the app is all YOUR BACKDOOR WAS OPENED WHILE ARMED DISARM NOW DISARM NOW! The dog is barking, the cats are losing their minds. It's freaking pandemonium at 5 o'clock on a Saturday morning.
So I run to the hallway where the alarm unit is--conveniently next to the bedroom so it's guaranteed to wake us up if a real break in occurs while we're sleeping--and I enter the code and disarm it. Then I just stand there in blessed silence while my pulse races and I feel like I just got caught breaking into my own house. Then I take the rest of the stupid garbage to the stupid curb and don't even bother trying to go back to sleep. Ed gets up a moment later because of course he does after that.
Obviously, a great start to the day!
