Low Battery

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It’s 2:15 am.

I hear this strange beeping.

Beep.

Moments pass.

Beep.

Maybe I’m just dreaming. Maybe it’s just the wind.

Beep.

It doesn’t sound often enough for me to be able to place it in the house. However, the rate at which it is occurring is enough to keep me from falling back to sleep.

Beep.

Fine.

I hate having to get out of bed in the middle of the night to find some stupid noise.

It’s not the iPAQ. Oh, I know what it is. It’s my phone. The battery is low.

Considering I have to be up in a little bit, I guess it’s a good idea to charge it and hopefully it will be ready to use by the time I go to work. I love my new phone, but the battery life is only several hours of usage and a day and a half of stand-bye. Oh well, time to head back to bed and hopefully I can get a little more sleep before I had to get up.

Couldn’t sleep; my brain has been chewing over the idea of a low battery. I think my internal battery has been beeping for a while and I’ve just chosen to ignore it. I think those around me can hear it though. It’s there in the tone of my voice, my sometimes strange shortness at times. I can feel spring around the corner so I’m biding my time until then. But for now, I need a quick plug in to get me through until I can recharge fully.

It’s time for a day off.

So, I think tomorrow I’m going to use some of that store up time off at the university and call in. One of the wonderful things about the university is that they give you vacation time and personal time. Note that they call it personal time. It’s not sick time, it’s yours to use as you see fit, no doctors note required.

I need some personal time to do nothing, catch up on my missed Stargates and just relax.

No man is a machine (even though I would like to believe that I am), and we cannot go 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for long without breaking down. I know I’m not alone. Many of us have jobs, families, school work, second jobs, church obligations and a hundred other things. So listen carefully. If you hear that low battery warning its time to put in the plug and spend a few minutes recharging. I’ll catch you all later.