Mouse pointer changes to Black & White circle!

Hello everybody,
I wrote this script and saved it as an app called "Sleep":
tell application "Finder"
eject disk "STORAGE"
end tell
tell application "System Events"
sleep
end tell
tell application "Sleep"
quit
end tell
This has worked perfectly except when the computer wakes, the mouse pointer is the black and white circle. Everything still works normally (I think), but it is really annoying.
Is there anything that I can add to my script to change my mouse pointer back to normal?

Hello
Try removing the part telling your applet to quit, which is not necessary unless your applet is saved as stay-open.
The modified script would look like:
--SCRIPT
tell application "Finder"
eject disk "STORAGE"
end tell
tell application "System Events"
sleep
end tell
--END OF SCRIPT
Hope this may help,
H

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