This thing I have about Sleep

I am a little finicky about getting a good, peaceful nights rest.  Maybe one reason this is so important to me is because of the constant ringing of Tinnitus I suffer with, it sets me on edge with the nonstop noise all day. Eight hours of uninterrupted sleep helps me to get my wits toned for another day.  Quiet evenings are one of the reasons I like it where we live now.  Our last house was up on the North edge of town up against a mountain, except for the occasional plethora of stray dogs bursting into the canine version of "The Hallelujah Chorus", we mostly enjoyed quiet evenings.

The last two nights here have been a bit more of a challenge though.  Across the basket ball courts in the park on the next block facing us there is a car wash that the owners seem to be keen on renting out for Disco and Karaoke festivals.  I imagine that they must be renting the sound system from the national soccer stadium in Tijuana.  The mind numbing volumes that they play the music at would transform the gentlest of neighbors into enraged homicidal maniacs.  The music is bad enough but they have been giving children the microphones to entertain themselves at the expense of thousands of people laying in bed at 3AM, staring into the violated darkness, trying not to think of doing something illegal.