8:45 p.m. Long day, tired; crawl into bed.
8:47 p.m. After being utterly silent all evening, landlord decides he needs to "do things" - odd pounding and banging commences.
8:51 p.m. Obnoxious car alarm goes off outside. Realize that the horn is beeping in exact synchronization with the ticking second hand of the alarm clock.
8:56 p.m. Landlady's washer switches from wash to drain and rinse portion of cycle. Running water directly under my bed; get up to pee.
9:10 p.m. Drifting off. Obnoxious car alarm goes off for second time; this time, horn is not synchronized.
9:12 p.m. Consider applying baseball bat to car alarm.
9:21 p.m. Landlord and family practice walking in hobnail boots on hardwood floor upstairs. Did they ever hear of slippers?
9:32 p.m. Second load of laundry starts to drain. Get up to pee.
9:35 p.m. Guy Who Randomly Shouts "Hey!" apparently relocated from outside my office to outside my house.
9:37 p.m. Get up, turn on fan in window and fan in bedroom to block out outside/upstairs noise.
9:56 p.m. Get up to get extra blanket, as room is now at fifty-five degrees due to usage of fans.
10:10 p.m. Landlord's twenty-one year old daughter comes home. One hundred pounds soaking wet, yet it sounds like a herd of wild rhinos when she goes up the stairs (the underside of which back up to my bedroom).
10:25 p.m. Drift off.
11:03 p.m. Roll over, causing 1/2" too short slat to move and fall off the rails. Get up, lift box spring and mattress, replace slat.
11:07 Drift off.
2:49 a.m. Get up to pee. Note that this is not prompted by washing machine noise; this is a peri-menopausal development wherein I probably really don't need to go to the bathroom, but figure I'd better at least try. Sorry, TMI.
2:54 a.m. Fall into deep sleep.
3:48 a.m. Wake up. Fully, completely, absolutely awake. Look at clock and curse.
3:49 - 4:26 a.m. Roll over. Toss off covers. Pull up covers. Push hair out of face. Turn pillow to cool side. Sleep for ten minutes; roll over and wake up. Repeat. Repeat. Repeat.
4:27 a.m. Fall into deep sleep.
4:46 a.m. Clock radio turns on. Ignore loud country music.
4:52 a.m. Alarm clock goes off.
Ordinarily, I fall asleep rapidly, despite the noise around me. It's the staying asleep that is problematic. Oddly enough, when I am overtired, any little thing will keep me awake.
Speaking of which, I should have been in bed half an hour ago. I'm fairly certain the landlady is not doing laundry tonight...
No comments:
Post a Comment