Monday, September 21, 2009

The girl in the closet

Due to poor planning on our part, our apartment is next to a major road. Most nights this isn't a real problem. The sound of the traffic lulls us to sleep. But lately the major road has become a major problem. Because people travel this road at all hours of the day, it is next to impossible to shut down the lanes to do construction and repairs. Because the traffic is lighter at night, they work on the road at night, which they have been doing the past couple of nights. I get up at 5:30 every morning to go to work, therefore I like need to sleep, and this night construction has presented a slight problem. Last night, I had had enough. It was after midnight and I all I could hear was the constant "beep" "beep" "beep" of the construction vehicles. Husband kindly suggested I set up camp in our walk-in closet. I was willing to give it a try (I was also willing to drag my butt to a hotel, but Husband did not think that would be a practical solution). So there I was, at o'dark thirty, settling in to my temporary bed in our closet, hoping to get at least a couple of hours of sleep. Much to my surprise I had the best sleep I've had in weeks! I may start sleeping in the closet all the time. I could totally fit a cot in there...if I move all of Husband's stuff out! I'm sure he won't mind.

4 comments:

Roeckers said...

LOL you should try to add some white noise to sooth you to sleep. I do listen to it to drown out the kids when I want a nap.

SongbirdMama said...

Walk in closets make great "bedrooms". I remember a few nights in Dallas when we had storms or tornado warnings and the kids would set up camp in our walk in closet. Glad you finally got some sleep!!

iemily said...

Heee! Great Post! I was going to suggest the white noise as well. You can use a loud fan, or a CD or an ipod application (not sure if you have an iphone/ipod touch)...but of course everyone should ;) We used a lot of white noise with sarah when she was a baby....

Tiffani said...

So I guess jokes about you coming out of the closet aren't appropriate. So I won't make any. ;o)