It is so rare for everything in my universe to align just right so I can sleep in. Just off the top of my head, I can think of three things that always prevent me from a solid REM. The Husband's snore. The cat's meow and that stupid buzzing noise emanating from my alarm clock which means I must smash it really hard every ten minutes until it can't make that sound anymore. But this morning, it wasn't any of those things that woke me up. Nope, it was a loud bang. Followed by two more bang, bangs.
I was quite certain the bang was not from a gun. You see, I am very familiar with the various sounds a gun makes. Especially since I live with Dirty Harry, spend an enormous amount of time at the range and almost everybody in my red neck town has a hunting license. Although I did duck under the covers and went very still out of pure instinct, I knew it definitely wasn't gun shot. So what was it?
Maybe a kamikaze bird, flew into my sliding glass doors that lead to the deck off my master bedroom. But after careful inspection for any errant feathers and/or other various bird debris and finding none, I knew that wasn't it either. I was starting to get really perplexed, when all of a sudden, BANG! BANG! BANG! There it was again. But this time, I was standing out on my deck and had a front row seat for the sky falling.
Acorns. Lots and lots of acorns! Acorns were falling off the ginormous tree in my backyard and hitting my deck in rapid succession, mimicking the sound of gunshot. But it's still AUGUST for crying out loud! But that didn't stop stupid Fall from waking me up early.
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Still better than gunshot. Stupid birds always wake me early. Or some idiot out mowing his lawn at seven in the morning.
ReplyDeleteFunny, but I grew used to the sound of gunshot after the first year I lived in my house and we made it through the first hunting season. I used to just jump every time I heard a bang. Now, not so much. I have become immune. Our land butts up against State Game Lands, so you just get used to hearing it. Sounds crazy- I know but after time you really do just get used to it.
DeleteMine is a little boy with floppy curls and green eyes who peeks under my covers. "Chocolate milk, mommy," he says. Every morning. 6 A.M.
ReplyDeleteAwwww! That's so sweet. Sounds like he loves him some chocolate milk!!
DeleteStupid early Fall. At least it wasn't gunshots...or your kids breaking something or ramping and falling off something. Could've been worse but still quite annoying.
ReplyDeleteTotally took me by surprise! I'm used to the sound of gunfire (see my comment to Alex above) but hearing all that noise, so close to my room, not so much!
DeleteMy problem, meanwhile, is NOT waking up. I know that fall is almost here because I wake up now when it's pitch black. Not exactly something that urges me to get out of bed...
ReplyDeleteI'm usually happy to see the signs of Fall. Like football games and the turning of the leaves, this year, not really into it yet. I feel like we got robbed of our summer. It went by so quickly. Doesn't help that I heard this is going to be a very cold winter. Ugh.
DeleteSorry you got awakened, but this made me laugh so thanks
ReplyDeleteAlways glad to give you a laugh! I'm happy to know I could make someone smile today. :)
DeleteHaha. We have a sliding door to a deck in our master bedroom and when we first moved in, had the same problem. Is it birds? Something ramming into our house? I think we figured out with temperature changes the doors warped and popped sometimes with these loud bang noises. Stupid wood. ;)
ReplyDeleteUs too!!! The door to my master bedroom swells in the summer and won't shut tight unless you slam it- totally different in the winter time and it always takes me to like the end of November to remember and stop slamming it behind me! LOL
DeleteAcorns already? That would give me permission to buy a load of candy corn.
ReplyDeleteOhhhh! Candy corn. Love that cheap sugary stuff. Almost as bad as my penchant for peeps...
DeleteYou know, I noticed a bunch of trees in the neighborhood losing their leaves already. It's crazy. It'll be 95 degrees today and 98 on Wed. It ain't Fall yet!
ReplyDeleteWhat is up with that? I am stupefied. Why did Fall come so stinking early? Go away. Come back in a few weeks, thank you!!
DeleteReminds me of the bird that used to peck on our Florida Room window....every morning....at 7a.m.! I feel your pain :)
ReplyDeleteAt least acorns will stop...eventually :)
Um, you just referred to the bird in past tense. Now I'm curious, one bird to another, what happened to it? Did it just "fly" away and never come back? LOL
DeleteI love the sounds of nature, just not when I'm sleeping. Last spring some birds built a nest outside our bedroom window and woke us up every morning at 3:00 am! I couldn't wait for those birds to leave the nest.
ReplyDeleteHa. Those darn birds!! They can be so annoying. He he he. We had an owl that would not stop making a racket. He drove me and The Husband nuts. Not sure what happened, but one day, he just moved on.
DeleteI live in redneck town too. The upside is, I never fear a zombie apocalypse. This whole state is nothing but sharp shooters.
ReplyDeleteI almost got hit on the head my an acorn! I figured a squirrel was jealous of my fluffy tail ;)
Ah, glad I'm not the only one. The Husband even has zombie targets that he practices on with the girls. Everyone in our family knows, if the shiz ever hits the fan, they need to head straight to The Husband's doomsday bunker. We have enough SPAM and coffee stock piled there to supply our entire family; for at least the next ten years :)
DeleteWow, that is early.
ReplyDeleteAre you sure you weren't just an innocent bystander in the squirrel equivalent of a snowball-fight?
The squirrels that surround the Bird's Nest are cray cray. They are always running and jumping like crazy between our trees and flipping over off our deck- kind of like the squirrel equivalent of free runners!!!
DeleteThose darn acorns! I often have trouble sleeping, so I can just imagine how annoyed you must've been to have something so random disturb yours!
ReplyDeleteHeather! You're back. YAY!! Hope you had a nice break. And, yes, you and I both know how hard it is to fall asleep and then stay asleep. Stupid stinking acorns!! I wanted to scream.
DeleteTell fall to stop falling. Stupid fall! Actually it's my favorite time of year and after living for three years where the change of seasons is so slight you don't even notice, and fall being the height of hurricane season, it isn't too exciting, I'm excited for a good old fashioned fall here in the mountains. BTW, I've noticed that the willows are already changing colors up here too. what's with that?
ReplyDeleteHey Faraway- I've been worried about you with all of the fire and smoke. Hope all is well now in your neck of the woods.
DeleteUgh. We are bracing for the hurricane season again here. So many people are still trying to recover from Sandy- it's hard to think that the season is once again, upon us. And I don't know what is going on this year- why do we have acorns already? Not sure. Someone told me that in the Farmer's Almanac, this winter was predicted to be very, very cold. That thought doesn't really thrill me, that's for sure!!
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The squirrels will be happy. Are acorns done pelting your house?
ReplyDeleteCrazy! I'd be excited though. I'm so done with summer. Bring on fall!
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