Kate
Thats so true - if the stupid alarm goes off in the day, I just think, oh an insect has disturbed the alarm sensors again, and just re-set the thing.
However, if it goes off at night, then obviously there must be a big scarey burglar, or worse prowling the house looking for a victim (namely me)
It's funny now - can you imagine the headlines "Girl stabs self to death fighting off imaginary intruder" - but it wasn't funny then!
Also, I then had a three hour debate with myself every night from then on about whether to set the alarm before I went to bed. What is better - to be woken up by the alarm, signalling the entry of an intruder, or to be woken up by the intruder entering your room? Which do I prefer - the first leads to prolonged anxiety whilst you check the house, but at least get a chance to defend yourself. The second doesn't give you a chance. The burglar will have attacked before you're even properly awake.
Totally stupid I know - but you are right - at 1.30am it's very real (even though you know you're being over imaginative it still makes your heart beat 19 to the dozen).
And why is it that once you are in that state, an hour in the middle of the night is worth three daylight hours? Or so it seems!
Glad I'm not the only one with a burglar fixation - would'nt mind, but we haven't even got a DVD player, the best telly is 10 years old, and the microwave is positively a museum piece!
Charlie
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger.