I am a typical teacher in that, I hate little annoying sounds that occur repeatedly in rhythm sch as, pencil tapping, loud breathing, facet dripping, and humming. These are all things that occur often in a classroom and my students learn quickly that they will not be tolerated. Well here in sit, in the cozy comfort of my home, resting in my bed with a heating pad on my sore back. The fire alarm apparently needs a new battery. It is beeping non stop. Every minute and a half, on cue, a high pitched beep blasts from that little annoying electronic device. It is making me crazy..... Why don't I just change it? Well there are two reasons. First, we have vaulted ceilings and I have no clue where the  ladder is, nor what type of battery I would need once I got there. Second, when I was in college at UNT, we had the same problem with the fire alarm in my room. As independent woman, I did not want to wait for my dad or one of my guy friends to fix it, I wanted to take care of it myself. I stood on my bed and unscrewed it and as it came down, so did about 300 ants, right on top of me. Apparently, the alarm was not beeping because it needed a battery change. It was beeping because ants had eaten through the wiring. That experience was even more terrible than it sounds.
 I do not like ants and I do not like fire alarms. The end.