Life Alert is Working Great.

“Eeeahhhhheaaaa.” I wake up as Ron jumps out of bed. Big Mama’s life alert is going off. I roll out of bed and rush to the door of the bedroom.
Standing there in just my underwear, I hear Ron saying, “She hit the button by accident in her sleep.”
I stop myself from going out the bedroom with no clothes on and slowly back into the bedroom and lay on the bed to grab a cigarette.
I hear to Ron, Big Mama, and the 911 operator as the operator laughs. Good thing she has a sense of humor. I hear her tell them that Morehead City PD will probably show up as they have that rule that they come every time there is a call.
I roll back out of bed and get dressed so I can let them in. Looking at the clock as I walk into the living room, it is 4:37 am. Big Mama and Ron talk about why they can’t make the button on her life alert harder for her to push.
His idea of putting it in a locket of some kind, just will not work, in my opinion. What if she was having a stroke? I tell him I would rather have 100 false alarms than it not work when she needs it.
There is knock on the door.
Christina with Morehead City PD is understanding and also, has a sense of humor. Tells us they have the rule about coming out in case someone is standing over you telling you to say things are ok at gunpoint. Good rule to have, I guess. Who thinks of these scenarios?
After she leaves, Ron and I go back to bed. Get comfy again. Or as comfy as we can with Ron hurting from jumping out of bed.
Lay there for a few minutes talking about everything. Neither of us are getting back to sleep. So now we are sitting in living room, him watching TV with Big Mama, who also can’t sleep, and me typing away.