Alarms

We have a household alarm system. I use it when I am home alone. Otherwise, one of the oldies will set it off and I am the one who has to crawl out of bed and deal with it.

My overly complicated and convoluted car has an alarm system. If I leave the dog in the car with the doors unlocked, I'm afraid someone will steal her. If I lock the car, she always sets off the alarm. I just announce to the crowd in the drug store or the grocery store, "It's mine -- I'll handle it."

Our wake-up alarm is on my bedside table. I set it. I turn it off. I reset it for the husband on my workout days.

I guess alarms are a good thing. They make you feel a little safer. Some alarms are going off in my head right now.