Buzz kill

An e-mail from Pat sent Sept. 5, 2008:

There are several sounds in this house that will send a chill through me. The crash of whatever Conner is playing with. The sound of Maggie whining or crying about something Conner or Abbey has done. In the interest of equality, Abbey telling us that we "just don’t understand."

There is also the sound of the water dripping in the bathroom sink. Yes, I will fix that at some point. The dogs barking at nothing at all. The sound of the fridge or the front door opening and then the lack of sound because they didn’t shut it. The sound of the flies that came in because of the door being left open. The sound of SpongeBob Squarepants and Scooby-Doo.

All of these sounds are bad and drive me insane, but there is only one that will take the wind right out of my sails. It is the sound of the buzzer on the dryer telling me there is ANOTHER damn load of clothes that needs to folded.