CO2

Let me tell you about my night. I was blaring my music through the house and had just gotten into a good dance groove, when I heard an odd beeping noise. I thought it was an odd sound effect for the current song on, but wasn't going to let it ruin my personal dance party. It struck me more when the same beeping continued into the next song. There was no way this song had that weird beeping in the background too. So, I went about finding the source.

I found the noise coming from the a detector of some sort in the basement. Once I was down there and was looking straight at the source, another crazy beeping noise came from above. This freaked me out. I ran upstairs to check it out. This one was the carbon monoxide detector. I wasn't sure if the detector in the basement was smoke or co2 because it was attached to the ceiling and I am not that tall. No matter what it was, I was pretty sure something must be up. While I am no carbon monoxide professional, I know it's not good for it to be in your house. The detector said to call 911 if it went off.

With Shea shaking and hiding in the bathroom, I decided calling 911 was out. My luck, this was a double false alarm and Jeff would make fun of me forever. So I did what I thought best, I took the batteries out of both of the beeping nuisances and at a few spoonfuls of Nutella.

Once I ran out of Nutella I got a little nervous. So, I got out the chocolate chips and ate them by the handful. If I was going to die of poison, I was going to eat some chocolate first. Then it hit me, maybe I shouldn't be in the house. I'd feel bad if Jeff came home to a dead wife and dog. My solution was simple, get new batteries for the detectors. I brought Shea with me because he was on the verge of cardiac arrest. The biggest problem with that was when we returned to the house, he wanted nothing to do with going back in. His sensitive puppy ears had heard enough high pitched beeping. 

Once I dragged him inside, he headed straight for the bathroom floor. Apparently something about it is comforting. When I replaced both batteries, the beeping seized. Carbon monoxide free!