Spoke

 

I struggle with fatigue these days and do mornings less well than I ever have. The alarm on my iPad is a nice gentle song that I chose to ease me into the day. Unfortunately, I often sleep through it. 

So to help me out, Adi sets a 09:30 alarm with Alexa. 

This morning, I came to in a befuddled blurry haze. 

'Alarma, stop alarm.'

BEEP BEEP BEEP

'Alana, STOP.'

BEEP BEEP BEEP

'A-LARN-A STOP.'

BEEP BEEP BEEP

I rolled out of bed and blundered onto the landing to find Adi.

'What's the name of that thing?'

'Alexa.' He was trying not to laugh.

'Alexa, stop alarm.' I commanded. Oh the silent bliss that followed. Silent that is except for my sudden uncontrolled giggling.

I'm glad that when God speaks, He does it with knowledge and authority. I got the authority bit down pat but, as I discovered, the Amazon dot/echo/thing doesn't respond unless you use its correct name. I could say Alana as much as I liked but it was never going to work until I said Alexa.