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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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
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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ZuraLasgeon 0
Oh dear... poor poor you... Ummm, no. Who cares? Think about the people that were probably BURNING TO DEATH while you were nice and snug in you bed. Shame on you for being so selfish.
shooter308 0
Ummm...I'm sorry. It's not like I've ever gone code 3 for the flu, or because someone got a splinter, or because their baby has been crying for 15 minutes. And, I know that every day, your hazmat unit rolls out on cosco busan type situations. Most of the time its an "unmarked" paint can. Well leave the hazmat to the specialists, not the "hazmat fro" types. Get over yourself with your "priority 1" or "code 3". Studies have shown that code 3 or priority or lights/sirens, whatever you want to call it, does not save that much time, and some major cities have adopted tighter restrictions on emergency driving.
firegirl09 0
better safe than sorry. and it does save time. i'm not gonna sit here and have a pissing contest with a random angry person on the internet. all i'm saying is complaining about emergency response vehicles disturbing your rest is incredibly self-centered
Pirate_argh 6
Well i'm glad you had enough energy to feel sorry for yourself, whilst someone proberly was having a fire going on at their hourse. The facts (if we look away from the fact that you're self-centered): - You wanted to sleep - You couldn't It will happen more and more.. Oh yea, one more fact: - WE DON'T GIVE A S...
sheheartsthings 0
How dare those firetrucks! Who do they think they are?! Where do they get off?! They should choose a different route! Who cares if it takes longer, as long as they're not keeping YOU up it doesn't matter. Jeez, they should know better! I would file a complaint, maybe even call the president. This needs to be dealt with.
lakeylove 0
so I'm 11 and I have insomnia most good working meds say u can't give them to kids on the back of box. u r prob old enough to take good brand meds. besides I'm used to it I had it longer than u so far and I still have insomnia. many ppl have insomnia dude
firegirl09 0
i cant be on any kind of medication. i serve with the military and with a volunteer fire dept. i am on call 24/7. so i really dont care about you. at all.
FFPianoDude 2
aww YLIF for having insomnia :
prttyyngthng 0
Drink coffee or an energy drink. I know it will wake you up, BUT you'll eventually crash, and NO ONE can avoid a good ole' fashioned caffeine crash...
firegirl09 0
wrong-o. you might want to find out... like have ANY clue at all.... about what insomnia is.
RNCftw 0
yeah you should probably get back at those stupid people who needed saving from a fire...if i rolled my eyes any harder they'd pop out of my head
music94skater 0
97 ur retarded when you have insomnia you arent "snug" in bed your more like restless and bored
miyon_fml 0
God I souldnt read the comments. Most of you are whiny bitches always finding something to complain about. I am sure the OP wasnt pissed that there was a fire and the fire trucks had to drive by, just a FML because of the timing. I have extreme insomnia. So bad that without very strong sedatives I dont sleep at all. When you dont sleep for days it makes you feel sick and crazy. I had to stop working. Either I couldnt sleep and couldnt concentrate at work to the point of almost getting fired or I have to take sedatives so strong that I fall unconsious right where I am when they kick in. If I was not medicated and was acutally about to fall asleep, any noise, any thought, and movement ruins it. So yeah I would say FML if I was about to sleep and a fire truck or police car came by. I wouldnt be upset that someone needed help, just that the timing sucks and I will be awake for the rest of the night. Some of you need to stop being so judgemental and take something for what it is. Your not a better person for pointing out someones weaknesses.