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Originally Posted by phenomshel
I feel guilty even venting about this, much less ranting. But today I have an unrelenting headache, I didn't sleep well, and I'm thoroughly disgusted. I have lovely neighbors. The ones on the right keep to themselves, though they are pleasant when we meet outside or in public. The neighbor on the left is a retired lady with about a million grandkids. She is a doll, and I love her dearly. However, her driveway is about three inches from my bedroom window. She is an early riser. My husband and I both work second shift, (3 - 11 p.m.) so, by definition we are NOT early risers. She knows we work second shift, and normally she makes an effort to use her front door (that doesn't open on to her driveway) instead of her back door (which does), until about noon.
However: I don't know what's changed, but she now has two grown grandkids and at least one great grandkid over there EVERY morning - and they either don't realize that's a bedroom window and we're sleeping behind it, or they don't care. They yell at each other - the baby cries - they hammer things.
I'm sleep deprived, cranky, and ready to make a stink, which I know would be very NOT nice. So instead, I'm ranting about it here...
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That really is a shame Shel.
Speaking as somebody who once slept through our next door neighbours cars having all their windows smashed, one of them being set alight, the neighbour chasing the perpetrators down the road and the police and fire engines arriving(!), I can't really empathise, but, if I were you, I would have a quiet word with the Grandma before you get so cranky it's impossible for you to do so in a civilised fashion. If she has always been a doll before, I seriously hope for your sake that she will be again.
Hope it works out for you.