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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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
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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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.
rachybubbles 0
I think what makes this FML sound insensitive is the use of the word 'decide.'
aback 5
Yeah, you could be right. Then again, get two hours' sleep per night for a few nights in a row, and I guarantee it will give you an attitude.
Jetson 0
Oh you are right, two hours of sleep could give people an attitude, especially if they work for a volunteer fire department, get to bed at midnight only to be awoken with a call of a fire at two, rush to the fire sirens blaring so if any one is in the way they will be alerted to move... finally get to the burning building, save the people inside the building, put out the fire, come home four hours later to see someone complaining about their sirens keeping them awake.
GabriLee 0
Firefighters get little sleep by choice. They signed up for it. Insomniacs do not. That is the difference.
sallay 0
oh. the irony! i think this is a very appropriate FML, because something good finally happened for her (falling asleep) and it was ruined (firetrucks). granted, im glad they were going to help someone, but FYL for being awakened. i have RLS, stupid leg twitches >.< ruin my sleep!
lbg513 0
they may have "signed up for it", but that doesn't mean that they shouldn't be able to complain about it - and it certainly doesn't mean that you should treat their sleep deprivation with such little disrespect considering they "signed up for it" so that you could sleep safely at night, knowing that if anything happened - you'd have someone to call. and they certainly don't get little sleep by choice - do you have any idea how many fires could be prevented if people actually used their brains? most often when they're awoken at night and dragged out of their beds and away from their families - it's because some asshole didn't put out a cigarette properly, or turn off an oven, or be safe about plugging multiple items into an outlet, etc
iHavetoPiss 0
Take some melatonin.
actress92 0
As another insomniac, I know how hard it is to fall asleep with noise. I totally emphasize. And to all of the people who are hating, when you really need to fall asleep, you don't really care about other people. Insomnia makes you very selfish. Yeah it sucks for the people in the fire, but it also sucks to not be able to fall asleep.
trish27 0
Wow..how rude of them to rush to a burning building while you are trying to sleep!!
xXStayPrettyXx 0
People-- get a grip. She didn't say "Today, Firefighters saved some people's lives. FML" That would've been rude and awful. What she was saying was, "Today, I thought I was going to finally conquer something that had been bothering me, and external forces ruined it. FML" There's a difference. She wasn't being an ass, she was disappointed. Also, some people just hate taking medication. Pills might not have been an option; she might not have had any handy either. Also. taking Nyquil when you're not sick is stupid. It's never a smart idea to take medicine when you don't need it.
Jupi_fml 2
Wow, people here are such jerks. It's rather likely that you didn't want the people who needed the fire trucks to burn alive or anything such as that. You're just here because you were all "Damn, what crappy timing." I've had sleeping problems since I was six years old, and a few times a year, it escalates into actual insomnia, where I won't be able to sleep for three or four days. It sucks. Hard. I wish I knew what to tell you to try and help. I can't even do what some people here are doing and just tell you to "take a pill." First off, taking pills for everything isn't exactly a good idea. Second, they usually don't work if you truly have insomnia. :/ I do hope things get better for you. I know how hard it sucks.
audax 0
What some of these people fail to realize is that medicine = poison. It's why they have specific doses that you take, and why you should never take prescription medication that isn't prescribed for you. Taking medicine such as NyQuil when you have no symptoms is basically poisoning your body for no reason.
Cindy232 0
that sux..
EJade 0
Ah man, thats gotta suck. To the other people whoa re hating on the OP, she's not complaining about about the trucks just making noise in front of her house, she complaining about the irony of her almost getting to sleep then the sudden noise, which made her wake up. Geeze people get a grip!
shaynashakesit 0
People here are idiots and overreacting. The OP never said they were mad at the trucks or cursing their name for going to a house that may have had a fire. They were just saying that something, this time a firetruck, prevented them from falling asleep. Stop being douches. Taking medicine doesn't always help and if you've never had insomnia, you don't know what it's like to barely sleep. Get the **** over yourselves, get off your high horses and stop blaming the OP.