Ring a Ding Ding

Security systems are cool. 
Because like they protect your stuff and announce things and such.

Like the place I'm staying at right now?
Totally alarmed up to the rooftops lol. 
And very noisy about letting you know about it too.

You can't open a window or a door to the outside anywhere in the house without there being a chime that sounds off and a voice that goes "Garage Door open." "Kitchen Window Open." etc. 

Handy.
Kinda annoying.
But handy because you know whenever anyone is coming into the house.

Part of this security system though.
Includes a sensor at the entrance to the driveway.
That goes off whenever anyone passes through it.
As the driveway is rather long (yay country driveways)
Long enough that you can't see the road from the house.

So the sensor was installed to give the people in the house notice that someone is coming up their driveway.

Pretty handy really.
Except....

The device is soo sensitive that a bird passing through it can set it off.
And being out in the country...there are herds of deer and squirrels and who knows what other creatures that too can set off the alarm. 

So when the alarm goes off....
You have no idea if it's an actual visitor or an animal crossing through the boundary.

Which really makes me think if I were to ever install that sort of system.
I would have a camera down there.
Taking video.
So when I hear the alarm go off, and don't see a car driving up the driveway....
I can check and see if it was an animal that made the sensor go off or not. 

Because really....
When that alarm goes off at 1 AM in the morning.
You can't really help but wonder....is it animal...or is it human? 

*exhales*

Until you next see these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!

-Sarnic Dirchi