Last night I had intended to do a really clever, witty post for you all to read today. Honestly I had. Because I’m fully aware that so many a few of you rely on my little old blog for some clever, witty entertainment each day.
But then I got playing with my Wordpress set up last night. I’d go into details, but I’m sure it would bore you to sleep. I, on the other hand, was highly entertained and managed to accomplish a few things I had been meaning to do. Who knew I was such a computer geek!
For instance, I’ve added a “search” box just over on the right, above my Clustrmap. I’ve been meaning to for a while, but loyal commenter Cath gave me the push I needed. So there it is Cath! Just enter whatever the hell it was you were trying to find the other day and . . . PRESTO! There it is. You’re welcome.
By the time I had finished playing, it was past my bedtime and I was really, really tired because of the crappy sleep I had the night before and I could no longer keep my eyes open.
The night before, at about 4:30am, the power in our house went off. Fortunately our alarm clocks have battery back-up, but did you know that some carbon dioxide detectors do not? And when the power goes off they just start beeping. A very high pitched, intermittent beep. And it’s loud enough to wake your family up. And your heart starts racing because in your sleepy stupor you assume that you are all being slowly poisoned to death by carbon dioxide otherwise why the hell would that damn thing be beeping in the middle of the night?!
But then you realize that the power must have gone off. Unfortunately by then you’re already wide awake. So you start thinking about how you never did add that “Search” box to your blog and so you promise yourself you’ll do it the next day.
Which is why Cath got her Search box, and why I was too tired to soldier on and give the rest of you a clever, witty post. Sorry.
What’s the worst way YOU’VE been woken up in the middle of the night?
12 Responses to “I’m Just a Tired Computer Geek”
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December 4th, 2009 at 4:55 am
Cher? whats a search box???? Oh and by the way this IS a really funny blog!!! I am lol as the kids would say!!! keep em comin, keep em comin!!!!
December 4th, 2009 at 7:38 am
I’m going to go with puking kids on this one. My life is (thankfully) very boring.
December 4th, 2009 at 6:58 am
First example: those “bleeping” dogs next door!!!!!!!! Although I was up BEFORE them this morning! Second example: my husband thinking I was one of the bad guys in a dream he was having and starting to beat up on me!
December 4th, 2009 at 10:29 am
Ugh the dreaded carbon dioxide! Those damn things are annoying when the power goes off. I feel your pain and lack of sleep. Thanks for the search box by the way lol
December 4th, 2009 at 1:07 pm
OMG – the smoke alarms in my house. The battery ALWAYS seems to go dead in the middle of the night… never at a more appropriate, say afternoon, hour.
I feel your pain girl.
December 4th, 2009 at 2:44 pm
Cher, the eldest just showed me where to find the search box, and the clustrmap, which I didnt know what the hell was either!!! I.m no computer geek!!!!
December 4th, 2009 at 4:36 pm
Once in college, I woke up to the fire alarm, it was 4 am and 20 degrees outside, I was still half drunk, and it wasn’t till I was outside that I realized I was in booty shorts, a paper thin camisole, and a very very thin blanket…outside in the freeeeeezing with mixed company…oy the embarassment!
Also, once woke up to someone who had broken into my dorm and was taking my comforter off my bed WHILE I WAS IN IT….so scary!
Happy Weekend dear!
December 4th, 2009 at 10:09 pm
Hey, I found you through Foxy. Your blog is super cute and you have great commenters. Sadly, I have no funny story about being woken up in the middle of the night by a fire alarm and being rescued and swept off my feet by a super-hot fireman. Pretty sure that was a dream…I need a more exciting life or maybe just more beeping devices in my home.
December 4th, 2009 at 11:21 pm
Yeah. Gotta go with the barfing kid. Did I just jinx myself by saying it out loud? Err, typing out loud? Well, is it even really out loud if it’s typing? So maybe I didn’t jinx. *sigh* I’ll let you know tomorrow.
December 5th, 2009 at 5:03 pm
Definitely a screaming kid. But not just the regular “come feed me” or “I’m bored and want to mess with you” screams that I have gotten quite used to. That blood curdling, I’m in so much pain and what the heck is happening to me kind of scream. It happens rarely, thank god, but those times when your little one is sick or in pain is the worst – because there is no way you are going back to sleep after that . . .
December 6th, 2009 at 11:05 pm
the worst way is a sick kid, but a bad dream runs a close second.
December 7th, 2009 at 1:02 am
Vomit. Not my own.