domestic failure.

Tonight I had a visit from my local Japanese security company.... unplanned. The night's events unfolding:

5:30 Start making dinner.

5:40 Burn bread. (Not great cook.) Smoke detector starts going off. 

5:41 Flailing a towel around at detector.

5:42 Smoke detector still going off. Push button to silence detector.

5:43 Japanese alarm starts making noise and speaking to me. Realize detector hit was gas detector, not smoke.

5:44 Hit buttons to make it silence. Smoke detector still wailing.

5:45 Turn off smoke detector. Call housing agent for help. Enlist help of Japanese neighbor. Neighbor can't fix it.

5:55 Security shows up. Laughs at me. Tells me not to hit detector again.... via translation of housing agent on phone.

Successful night for the blonde Japanese wannabe.