Today, I was finally going to fall asleep at a decent hour. Having insomnia, I generally get about 2 hours of sleep. Right as I'm about to fall asleep, 5 firetrucks decide to drive right in front of my house with the sirens/lights on. FML
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Today, after 5 hours of attempting to sleep, I began to finally drift off. Then, some fuckwit who'd parked his car right outside my door took 20 minutes to switch his alarm off. I have to be up in about 4 hours, after a 12-hour night shift, heading into another. FML
Today, I'm dead on my feet. My flatmate's alarm went off for 20 minutes at 5 a.m., which I heard and he didn't. A car alarm went off outside my window for half an hour at 7 a.m. My building fire alarm went off twice, at 8 and 8:10 a.m. Just let me sleep. FML
Today, I finally managed to sleep, after two days of being kept awake by the miniature floodlights my neighbors have installed to scare off burglars. Only a couple of hours into my sleep, I woke up to the sound of their car being broken into. FML
Today, after two hours, I finally got my very cranky, sick baby to fall asleep. Five minutes later, a neighbor started shooting off fireworks. FML
Today, as a lifelong insomnia sufferer, I was having an awful night. After tossing and turning in my bed for several hours, I decided to try sleeping on the couch. Not only did I finally fall asleep, I was having one of the best dreams of my life… Until my neighbor’s brat had a tantrum at 6 a.m. FML
Today, after 3 days of insomnia, I was able to finally fall asleep, just for there to be a fire in the apartment building about 15 minutes later. My mom called me selfish for waking her up in the middle of the night to ask if I could stay with her, and told me I better not rent a hotel room with the money I owe her. FML
Today, while trying to sleep after a night shift, workers came to hook up city sewage service, firing up drills and shouting. An hour later, my child woke me up to tattle on her sister. Just as I was drifting to sleep yet again, the smoke alarm battery started chirping. I give up. FML
Today, I was awoken by my neighbor pounding on my back door at 3 am, only to look outside and see my car engulfed in flames. FML
Today, my neighbour from across the road phoned me at work telling me there was a fire engine outside my house and a lot of smoke. I drove home in a panic, smashing a rear light on a post and getting flashed by a speed camera. It wasn't my house. The firemen were putting out a bonfire next door. FML
Today, at the ungodly hour of 11 PM, my dad called to tell me he was driving my mom to the hospital because she was having breathing problems. It turned out to be nothing serious, but my brain decided to freak out anyway, effectively making me unable to fall asleep. Now, I have to go to work like this. FML
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theironuterus 0
I'm sure the people whose house was on fire were equally annoyed with this small inconvenience
aback 5
God, people. I don't see where the OP is complaining that the firetrucks saved someone's life, she's saying that she had the bad luck of the fire happening JUST as she was finally drifting off. You morons giving her a hard time about it are going to be crying when she conks out behind the wheel and takes your SUV out. OP--I feel for you. Insomnia is horrible. I hope you can find something that works.
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Comments (187)
Kitty34_fml 0
It sucks that you couldn't fall asleep, but really? Someone's house is on fire (a bad enough fire that they sent 5 trucks) and YOU'RE complaining?
curryndricegirll 0
YDI for saying that five firetrucks "decided" to drive in front of your house. Did it occur to you that maybe someone's house is on fire or something of that sort? So yeah, YDI for thinking of yourself before others.
meddude 0
oh yeah your life is soooo ******. you couldn't fall asleep, which is much worse than someone's house burning down. aren't you the piece of shit.
Dickman16 0
that suxx both that ur a insomniac and the firetrucks.
FarSide 23
Well, I am sure they would have turned the lights and sirens off if they had only known you had insomnia.
FarSide 23
Stop reading the FML's and you will feel better.
firegirl09 0
it all depends what they were responding to. there is mutual aid, where other depts send trucks too. but you're probably right, in reality no five trucks would be in direct sucession unless there were an extremely critical call
spof2005 0
five firetrucks? come on, lets be realistic
ikickass 0
maybe u were hallucinating the firetrucks yea....... im pretty sure those firemen planned 2 come rite b4 u fell asleep stfu realy yea ur life sucks cuz u got Insomnia, those ppl who dnt have a home rite now is waaaaaay better of thn u
minuteforce 2
Go f**k yourself.
crazyt446 4
I have insomnia, too. Hate it. That's gotta suck
minuteforce 2
Made me chortle. ;D