Yesterday was deliberately a very lazy day – today is looking similar too. This was mainly due to the fact that jet lag is seriously biting and my body is complaining by feeling somewhat shaky and tired at the oddest times. I am determined to be over jet lag by Monday so that once I’m ensconced in the city centre I can really get into a routine there and make sure that I enjoy my time there. Therefore I decided that the weekend would be spent around the hotel, resting, going to the fitness centre, walking around this area and doing laundry!
Thus, yesterday wasn’t the most interesting of days but a necessary one to get back to the land of the living. It was a good day all in all. I fought from sleeping during day time and went to bed around eleven. Sleep took a while but eventually I did succumb. I woke with a start at three twenty a.m. not sure why I’d woken up but certain that something had disturbed me. I waited in the silence for a bit and nothing seemed out of place so I turned over to try and get back to sleep. Within a few minutes the sharpest of beeps burst through the room and I sat up in bed unsure of whether this earpiercing racket had come from within the room or from outside. I waited. A couple of minutes later it happened again and I was certain it was coming from inside. It was the smoke alarm. Now, since I’m not a smoker and had not been carrying out any voodoo style ceremonies comprising burning of any items in my quarters, I had no idea why the thing was complaining. So, at all of three thirty in the morning I called reception and explained and they said they’d send someone up to check it out.
Ten minutes later the duty manager and a maintenance guy appeared at my door with a massive step ladder and the smoke alarm was taken apart, battery removed and replaced. All seemed fine and just as these two members of staff and their ladder were leaving the thing beeped again, and again, and again! Up went the ladder once more and after much wiggling of the battery the guy thought he’d solved it. But, no, he hadn’t – the thing kept beeping. By now the rooms next door were showing signs of life with people in the hallway. In desperation the manager asked me if it was ok to totally disconnect the thing to which I replied it most certainly was and they dismantled the whole contraption. I returned to bed at four ten.
So, my plans to sleep during normal night time hours were rather interrupted by all this commotion. I’m hoping it will make for one very tired me tonight so I sleep all night through. Meanwhile, I’m spending my time writing a bit and reading a lot and watching a bit of tv.
I think I’m going to give you all a break for a day until I’m settled into the new apartment and life becomes a little more exciting once more – smoke alarms notwithstanding. Moving in on Monday in theory and that will take up some time as I’ll have to go shopping and unpack. First I need to find a supermarket though.
I’ll take a few pictures of Matchbox 2.0 for the next entry and you’ll be able to compare with the original Matchbox and you can tell me whether you think it’s an improvement or not. Meanwhile, enjoy the silence free from my nonsense 😉
E x
Losing Sight of the Margin 