I swear I am coming out of my skin! For the last 5 count them 5 days our richie rich neighbors have been up here sending off fireworks each night. From 7pm to 1am! its AWFUL! My cats are terrified, it sounds like they are right outside our window because it echoes off the lake. I called the cops who told me to hang in there. Fireworks are legal and it will all be over in a day or two. They claim to have millions, and be part of the upper crust richie rich, and they want to give a gift back to their neighbors on the lake by providing a good show for them. Well, first IF you were truly a millionaire you would HIRE someone to PUT ON a show, not light up a redneck drunken firefest that is fired badly and aimed badly off your deck. and it would be ONE night! ONE! We have a fireworks store in this town, and they have emptied the shelves! BOOM BOOM BOOM

The constant level of noise pollution for the last five days has me on my last leg. I feel like I am in a war zone! constant noise, constant banging loud enough to FEEL IT! the hair on my arms is still standing! I feel assaulted. I feel trapped I feel attacked! I cant get the cops to understand that just because its legal doesnt mean its a good idea, and 5 days is ENOUGH! I just saw them with a fully loaded pick up truck headed back down to the end of the street where they live and they are going to have ONE LAST SEND OFF! They have NO idea what we are celebrating.

I asked the son-in-law (the pyro freak) what this weekend was all about. he said "freedom man!" I said "freedom from who?" and he said "the world man!" I said "seriously who are we celebrating freedom from?" He took several guesses and had none even close. I asked if he knew why 50 stars on the flag, he had no idea. I asked why 13 stripes and he said "what does the flag have to do with fireworks?! He even thru in freedom from slavery! Really?! OMG! We live really close to Boston. I asked him if he knew what the Boston Tea Party was all about. He told me they want to ruin the government with a female president. I asked him why we use fireworks to celebrate and he said "cause they are dangerous and we as men need to show how brave we are to handle guns, and fire! back to the cavemen we have impressed our women with our ability to handle fire!" OMG! I asked him if he was on medicine, and he said "no" I said "you should be." He didnt want to know the proper answers. His dad a wounded vet came over and said "look, I fought for YOUR freedom and the freedom to light off fireworks any weekend we choose, so if you are done grilling this young man, can we finish setting up for tonights show?" OMG! OMG OMG!

I am jumpy, I am tired, I am assualted by the visual noise, the actual noise, the percussion from the sonic booms, and the vibrations of the surrounding air, the pollution of the sulfur filled air, and now the sulfur is coating everything around us because as the smoke lands, it coats all the trees, grass, and roads. I would leave this place in a heart beat if I didnt think I was leaving my terrified cats alone here.

Does anyone else get overwhelmed by the smoke, the noise, the smells, the vibration and the idiocy of folks that have ZERO idea what they are doing?