I'm Telling!

I thought about titling this entry "Narc" or "Snitch", but neither of those was quite right. I have spent the entire day walking around like a zombie -- other than the time I spend trying to get a nap. Have I mentioned before that my idiot neighbor keeps his television turned up so loud that it wakes me up in the middle of the night? Yes, from his living room (or maybe his porch), through his yard, through our shared fence, through my back yard, and through my closed bedroom window it's loud enough to wake me up. And I'm not a light sleeper. Last night was the first time in a long time it happened; I woke up at 2:30 a.m. almost able to make out all the dialog from whatever he was watching. I never went all the way back to sleep.

Later this afternoon, when I was so pissed off about not having gotten any sleep that I was driving myself crazy, I called the non-emergency police number. I don't like to cause problems, but this guy is the real problem. I found out that if I call when it's going on, the cops will come out and give him a noise citation. (I wasn't calling to report him; I just wanted to know what they could do, if anything.) After I got off the phone, I went around the corner to make sure I had the guys address right. I'm almost hoping he wakes me up again tonight so I can call the police, but if it doesn't happen tonight, it will soon enough. Now I'm just trying to stay up as late as I can stand to (I never did get that nap). Not sleeping, especially when you have stuff to do, really sucks. On tomorrow's agenda: cleaning, grading, writing class notes, and all the other things I didn't get to today. Please forgive me if I refer to my neighbor as a dumbass. I'm not feeling especially nice today, at least toward him.