#faulty technology

We can "hush" the detector for 10 minutes, but it seems to still be getting set off somehow. No space heaters are on anywhere in the house. No walls are warm, the ceiling isn't warm. The HVAC is off and was all night, so it isn't dust from the vents. All the power strips are operating normally and the outlets in the entire house are all only a year old and nothing is malfunctioning except the detector.

We called the local FD and they just came by, told us to press the button, and left. They didn't even check if the attack crawlspace had a fire that we couldn't notice yet.

When it does it will then be out of reception for at least 30 minutes, although some times it has dropped out for a few hours.So I leave it in one spot that I know has reliable reception. 

But, of course, I don’t stay in one spot, I'm coming and going. This means I have to check my phone every time I come back into the room. Checking it every 10 minutes or so makes me feel like an insecure 14 year old, desperate to hear from the person she’s crushing on. My self esteem can’t handle that, I have, at the same time, too little and too much respect for myself. So I don’t check it every time I come back into the room, I relax about it, forget about it (just a little) and get on with my day. And as a result I don’t get your message until an hour after you send it. I text back, I text back again, I call. But you have, like me, decided to get on with your day, not to hang about waiting, so I miss you. We miss each other.