Fire Alarm Update

So after that half-asleep-ramble that I posted the other day, more happened. Over the next few days the alarm went off again at random times- though thankfully it did not go off again during the night! We tracked down the name and phone number of the company in charge of the complex and called but it was already 7pm on Friday night so we had to deal with the alarm through the weekend. The reason I finally called someone was that I heard the alarm while I was taking a walk with Emmaline. On our condo buildings there is an outdoor alarm that is connected to all the alarms in the building. It also has a huge flashing light and such so if the fire people do have to come they can recognize the building quicker (assuming there isn't billowing smoke or something). Anyway, while on that walk I heard that alarm go off. When I got inside Matt said that the alarm inside went off at the same time. I began thinking and decided to knock on doors in our complex and see if other people were having issues as well- they were! So thats when I called the person that could fix things. She ended up calling the alarm company who came out on Monday. It turns out that something was really wrong because he couldn't fix it and Tuesday we had to put up with banging and sawing and other loud noises as they replaced the entire control panel for the system! We are just glad that there is no more loud alarm. And mad because we replaced all the batteries, threw the old ones away, then realized too late that the old batteries were still good. What a waste of 10$!