so at 8am this morning, i hear some kind of an alarm going off. of course i assume it's my alarm telling me to wake up and tell bob to go home, but he's already left. so what the fuck is this awful, grating, high-pitched noise coming from?? oh yes, of course, the backup batteries to the water pump in our apt. is sounding the alarm. why? i have no fucking clue, nor do i care much because it's 8am and i'm awake. poor kate looks so confused as she sleepily stumbles out of her room to find out what the fuck is making "the most annoying sound in the world." my response to her look of confusion: "i don't know but it's horrible and it makes me want to die." we then proceed to take a look-see and try and fix the problem, to no avail. this story has no point other than to emphasize that this stupid fucking thing woke me up at 8am and it's now 9am, which means i've been awake unneccesarily for a fucking hour now listening to the most annoying sound in the world resonating thru my apt. fucking a.