Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Crazy Neighbors...Crazier Husband

I don't know if I have mentioned before that we have some crazy neighbors. Actually, they aren't technically our neighbors because we don't live on the same street, our backyards back up to each other. These people leave their Christmas lights on their porch on all year long, I'm talking 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. And they are constantly playing music on their outdoor sound system. During the summer we hear them all the time because they have a pool and they stay out there a lot, especially at night. Did I mention they are AT LEAST in their 50s, maybe older? Monday afternoon Jeremy and I laid down to take a nap and the house was completely silent and we heard boom boom, boom, boom boom...the music was on, and it was 50 degrees outside. Nevertheless, we fell asleep and had a nice 1 hour nap. Later that night when we got in bed what did we hear, the music. And it went on, and on, and on, and on...you get the point. We did fall asleep eventually. I woke up 2 times in the middle of the night and both times I heard the music and it kept me up for about 30 minutes both times. When the alarm went off at 5:30 what did I hear...the music. Yes, at 5:30 a.m. it was STILL going. I am ill by this point because it has cost me 1 hour of sleep over the course of the night! So we go about our day on Tuesday, go to work, come home, work out, cook dinner. When we sat down to eat Tuesday night that was the first time the house had been silent since we got home because we had the news on while we were cooking so as soon as Jeremy finishes the prayer we look at each other and roll our eyes, because what did we hear...you guessed it, THE MUSIC! This has been going on for over 24 hours at this point so after dinner we went for a little drive past their house. All the lights are off and there is no car in the driveway. Jeremy says he is going to jump the fence and go unplug their system. I told him no way was he doing that on my watch and I thought that was the end of the story. When we got back in the house I went to take a shower. While I was in the shower I heard the alarm for the door that chimes when the door is opened or closed but I didn't think anything of it, I just thought Jeremy was getting some wood for the fire since it was FREEZING outside. So I get out of the shower and I asked him if he was building a fire and he says no. I said, "Where did you go?" his reply "I love you!" (when he answers with that I always know he is or has been up to something) Here's the rest of that conversation:
"Did you go over there?"
"I love you"
"Seriously, tell me the truth..."
"I love you"
"Tell me NOW, did you go over there"
" I love you, we will sleep well tonight"
"That is trespassing! You could have been shot! What are you thinking?!?!?"

Yes, that is my husband. He jumps the fence, trespasses into a strangers yard, walks up to their outdoor system and turns it off!
I love that crazy man. And we did sleep well in the peace and quiet!

1 comment:

Tracey said...

OH MY GOSH! That is hilarious! Go Jer-meister! I'm surprised another neighbor didn't see him and call the police thinking he was a burglar!

They were probably SO GLAD he was doing it!!! haha! I love it!

(By the way, my word verification to type below is "ungly"...that is gonna be my new word for Friday... I'm gonna see how many times I can use that word!) U-N-G-L-Y you ain't got no alibi, you're ungly, ungly, ungly, ungly!