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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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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kukopia 0
Fail FML OP admits she's an insomniac. So she wouldn't have fallen asleep anyway - nothing indicates this night would have been any different from all the rest. FIVE firetrucks? That means something SERIOUS. OP's self-centered doucherie is bad karma; 2 more yrs of insomnia for you.
FBIWarning 0
You don't get it because you're not an insomniac, until you have it, shut the **** up. 2 Hours of sleep every night for months on end, it eats away at you and is incredibly hard on your health/social life.
ama17 0
Oh no... those damn people and their fires and emergencies disrupting your sleep... how dare they!
screw_this_120 0
You people think that she's complaining that the fire trucks were out are really dumb. How do you feel when you're almost asleep and then something wakes you up completely, very suddenly?
judgeymcjudge 0
Normally I'm big on pointing out the jerkish points of an FML, but even though I sort of agree with the people who have pulled you up for complaining that emergency services kept you awake (while most likely on their way to save lives, houses and property in general) I still feel pretty bad for you, sweetheart. I can't imagine living on 2 hours sleep a night, and it would have been the worst thing ever to be jolted awake from the brink of sleep so abruptly. FYL big time. But still, try to keep in mind the purpose of those trucks before hating on them, yeah?
swimgirl015 0
oh my gosh I know how bad that sucks....!! I have insomnia too, and it isn't much fun :( totally feel your pain.
firegirl09 0
you'd be glad to have the trucks making noise if you had any kind of incident at your house. i can't think of a more selfish thing to complain about, honestly. what about the firefighters getting woke up in the middle of the damn night to go take care of that and help people, risking their own lives? but youre gonna bitch and moan cuz it interrupted your little nappy-time. HOLY CRAP
aback 5
Um, she's not getting naps. She's not getting any sleep. Firefighters can choose another line of work. She can't suddenly choose to not be an insomniac, just like you can't choose to suddenly stop being a bitch. :D
firegirl09 0
PS: i have had diagnosed insomnia for two years, and im a firefighter. so its not even an argument worth having. if you're tired, get off the computer and hit the rack. try thinking about the fact that you're not actually the only person in the entire world.
xRiverSongx 17
If you actually did have diagnosed insomnia you'd know it isn't nearly as ******* easy as just 'getting off the computer'.
Tori_xoxo 0
O_o chit.
carsie 0
that sucks im am insomniac too and have been dealing with no sleep for a REALLY long time. But firefighters need to do there job and if that means waking you up in the midle of the night to save someones life than thats whats gonna need to happen.
wienerwagon 0
Poor you, those firefighters should have been more considerate and let the victims burn to death.