neighbor's dog woke me up/still working on noise issues
 

Greetings,
I went to bed after 5:00 am. At 8:00 am I woke up because a dog was whining/howling/barking. It was such a pitiful sound. I felt sorry for the dog. I guess someone had just left for work and left him/her home by himself. I wanted to tear through the walls and get him so that he could settle down on my bed and we could sleep together. http://www.thesmilies.com/smilies/animal0002.gif Then I could get some rest.

At 8:45 the dog was still carrying on and I was still awake. http://www.thesmilies.com/smilies/animal0019.gif

Who the heck leaves a dog alone in an apartment all day? http://www.thesmilies.com/smilies/sad0116.gifhttp://www.thesmilies.com/smilies/sad0116.gifhttp://www.thesmilies.com/smilies/sad0116.gif

I made up the day bed in the computer room and turned on the fan. Then the landscaping trucks started working outside my window in all their noisy glory. But I am starting to get used to truck sounds. I woke up at 11:00 am and skedaddled to work. I felt like an idiot for not getting the sleep thing straightened out.


I am going to order styrofoam earplugs over the internet tonight.
http://earplugstore.stores.yahoo.net/superhearos.html
Tomorrow I will pick up some cheap silicone ear plugs at the nearby drug store --

---too tired to pick up drugstore earplugs or do anything else execpt show up at work. The boss noticed my red eyes so I told her about the dog keeping me up. I left off about the part about not going to bed until it was nearly sunrise. :eek:

Mari

Dear Mari,
You go girl with the graphics!!!!!!
Have I missed them here somewhere?
Bet you will catch up on sleep tonight.
barking dogs can drive anyone crazy!
bizi

smiley site
 

Dear Bizi,
Here is a smiley site.
http://www.thesmilies.com/happy.php

...hoping for sleep.
Mari

http://www.thesmilies.com/glitters/1/glitterimage30.gif

wonder if this works!
bizi
edited to add...thanks Mari!
that is pretty cool!

Bizi,
I don't remember seeing that on my site. It is beautiful and fun.
Mari

dogs again
 

Hey Mari
 

Hey Mari,

If you remember me talking about all the construction worker problems I have had since I moved to the South? I have silicone and foam earplugs. I like both, the silicone forms better to your ear and blocks out more noise, but the foam ones, I use more, my cats love to play with them!!!

It is under the glitter graphics on the left hand box.
:)
bizihttp://www.thesmilies.com/smilies/happy0001.gif

People that have dogs and have to work, should leave plenty of toys and chew bones to keep them occupied, plus leaving on a radio or tv helps.

Usually, a dog will settle down pretty quickly, if this is the master's normal routine everyday.

It could be a puppy, or maybe the dog heard something that kept him/her barking.

Nikko

Again today at 8:00 am the dog started.
I'll buy the silicone ear plugs on the way home from work tonight. I don't remember their helping that much in the past.
Mari

Mari,

Have you ever tried one of those noise generators?

They have some that just emit "white noise" that are often used in doctors offices to ensure privacy by blocking sound coming from other rooms.

Then there are other noise generators that play the sound of rain, or ocean waves, or rainforest sounds, or gentle music, etc... I have seen them in the Sharper Image catalog a lot and most of them are reasonably priced (the $40 - $80 range generally).

Fans can produce white noise, so can radios and TV's if you put them on a non-existant station -- but the actual white noise generators tend to do a much better job of actually keeping outside noises out and inside noises in.

Dear Witt,
Is this what you are talking about?
http://www.amazon.com/Marpac-SleepMa...?ie=UTF8&s=hpc

My first husband used to work the night shift and we slept in the day with this machine someone reccommended to him.

I slept with this machine even after we got divorced but at some point I switched to fans.

Lately I have been trying to sleep with no electrical appliances in the bed room. We use battery alarm clocks.
I think that eletromagnetic waves aggravate my teeth grinding.
But I am ready for the noise machine. And I can put in the room as far away from my head as possible and still benefit from it I hope.

Music. Ugh. Distracting.
Thanks for reminding me again to get a noise machine.

Mari

Yes - that is the white noise machine.

This one - http://www.amazon.com/HoMedics-SS-20...615162?ie=UTF8
is the other type I mentioned, the soothing sounds type of machine that has ocean noises along with a 'white noise' option.


I have used both types myself, and I really liked them (although one machine had a "babbling stream" noise option that sounded pretty, but listening to it made me feel like I had to use the bathroom).

7 1/5 glorious hours of uninterrupted sleep!
 

Greetings,
I slept 7 1/2 hours and feel great.

I used foam earplugs and put a little fan on high.
I can't remember when I got sleep like this.
Mari

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Awsome!
 

wowowowow!!!!!!
that is the best news today!!!!!
just great!!!!
bizi

i AM SO HAPPY FOR YOU....gee and to think most people take it for granted.
Bobby

here's to more regular sleep.
 

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