Don't know about you, but I don't like things that go buzz in the middle of the night.
The other night when our heads hit the pillows we were out like lights, and that's why it was such a shock to hear the phone ring late into the evening.
It woke me up, the double ring that signifies someone buzzing from the front door of the building echoing in my dreams.
Fumbling for the phone in the dark, vestiges of a dream sticking like cobwebs to my hands, I just missed the call by a split second before the answering machine came on.
Hearing your own voice recite the "please leave a message" tune, in the dark, when you have been woken up from a deep sleep is eerie.
Even odder is hearing your 89 year old neighbor laughingly tell someone standing outside the building as he buzzes random people, that he has woken you up.
I know, this scenario should be reversed.
But he is a true recycled teenager. He apparently realized that he left his keys in the apartment after being out all night. He then decided to buzz people, until he found someone to let him in.
Fumbling for the phone in the dark, vestiges of a dream sticking like cobwebs to my hands, I just missed the call by a split second before the answering machine came on.
Hearing your own voice recite the "please leave a message" tune, in the dark, when you have been woken up from a deep sleep is eerie.
Even odder is hearing your 89 year old neighbor laughingly tell someone standing outside the building as he buzzes random people, that he has woken you up.
I know, this scenario should be reversed.
But he is a true recycled teenager. He apparently realized that he left his keys in the apartment after being out all night. He then decided to buzz people, until he found someone to let him in.
Just as he buzzed us, and woke us out of a deep sleep, another neighbor came to the door, and let him in.
Sounds like someone needs a curfew.
That is too funny! I can just picture an 89-year-old man giggling b/c he's waking people up!
ReplyDeleteOMG...My first thought: What an idiot (can I say that?). My second thought: Ha! lol...what an idiot *head shaking*.
ReplyDeleteThis has been another of your magnificently written posts...the reference to dreams being like cobwebs and the sound of your own voice on the answering machine in the dark...brilliant.
Have a great weekend!
Carolynn
I don't like to be awakened from a deep sleep, but I hope I would find the humor in this. Annoying and yet inspiring that he is out truly living at 89 (but you know you can live during decent hours as well :) )
ReplyDeleteYour grounded Mister.
ReplyDeleteDifferent photos today..moody ones..you must need your beauty sleep! Not that they weren't good or anything..just moody. I hate the phone..when it rings past eleven at night..I get a sick feeling in my stomach..but usually it is just one of my nephews..they can see our lights on from their house:)
ReplyDeleteThat's a funny story, but it also makes me glad I live without a buzzer, or doorbell.
ReplyDeleteOh man, if there is any justice in the world, he'll come back as a doorman on the graveyard shift... :)
ReplyDeletelove the hellebores, btw
I was waiting for youto tell us about a mosquito or something, but this is far worse... At least you can smack a mozzie, but you can't smack an old man who's been out partying all night!
ReplyDeleteLOL!
Jen...Not good being awakened like that...and doesn't it always seem like it was the best deep sleep they woke you from? Jen beautiful hellebores. gail
ReplyDeleteI hate being wakened in the middle of the night. Usually it's never good.
ReplyDeleteWas he drunk? That kind of tomfoolery happens in Idaho all the time. Ok, maybe only in my town but I have seen it done. Too funny. I am still giggling.
ReplyDeleteLOL. I guess it could have been worse. Whenever I get a late night phone call, my first thought is that something bad has happened.
ReplyDeleteHa ha - hope I can still go out partying all night when I'm 89!!!!
ReplyDeleteAt least it wasn't bad news - that's always my first thought with late night phone calls.