Anybody Got a Ladder?

My smoke detector is chirping incessantly to tell me that my battery is dead. Here's my question back to it? "Why are you located on my 9' ceiling?" Seriously. Who puts a smoke detector on a 9' ceiling? The detectors in Stinky Garbage Trailer are on the walls about 6.5' up. I can't reach up to get to them, but a normal step stool or even a chair puts me well within range. I don't have anything that gets me even remotely close to my 9' ceiling. It's really stupid. There's no place to put a broom, much less a ladder. I'd have to store the ladder in the basement and drag it up the stairs. And have I mentioned that the paint on my walls, specifically my stairway, gets a mark on it if I stare at it too hard? I hate to think how the walls will look after I drag a ladder up the stairway. And wouldn't you know the stupid smoke detector didn't start chirping until after 9:00 tonight? Too late for me to go out to buy a ladder (not that I could fit one into my car). How does tomorrow look? Not good since my mother is in the hospital. Looks like I'll be sleeping with the bathroom fan on tonight.