Paula over at Light Motifs II has a new Monday prompt. Here’s how she describes it, copy/pasted
“Smiles and positive posts are all well and good, but sometimes I need to vent a bit. How about you? That’s what The Monday Peeve is all about, a chance to blow off a little steam at the beginning of the week, so then we can go merrily on our way once again (hah). I’ll pick a topic that’s on my mind, but you can vent about whatever you please, here in comments or on your own blog. Grab the photo, use the #TMP tag, and link back to me (or not ~ I dgaf), and Bob’s yer uncle. I do reserve the right to delete any links that offend my delicate sensibilities. So far, none have, but it could happen! I have feelings!”
You can read about her experience with Mariachi music blasting outside her window at the link. I had a similar experience yesterday evening and I welcome the opportunity to vent a little.
My bedroom window has a lovely view of the parking lot for the corner market/taco shop/pizza joint. The noise of cars, people talking (or screaming and fighting), even the delivery trucks is something that I’ve gotten used to in the nine years I’ve lived here. I mean, it’s a three bedroom house with a huge yard for $1500 a month in SoCal?!?! Trust me, its cheap. I can handle the associated background noises. Its white noise. Occasionally, like last night for example, a noise shatters my zen.
It was the end of a very hot, Ben at home, weekend. Younger daughter had finally returned my car after four days and I had returned from the grocery store. I was tired, hot still at 8:30pm and ready to chillax. Ben and Older Daughter were both asleep and the house was all mine.
I made myself some mini-corndogs to munch on, loaded up my book on the Kindle, shooed the cat away from my food and got comfy. Then a motorcycle went by and set off the alarm on a car in the parking lot. It went off for about thirty seconds and stopped.
About ten minutes later, a car with thumping bass went by and, yep, set off the car alarm. I can feel my zen slipping a bit, but all the shops close early Sunday night so I figure whoever the car belongs to will be leaving soon.
HA! That $@*&$%×!! alarm went off periodically all night (it just went off again as I’m writing this)! Someone from one of the apartments down the street decided to leave their car parked in the lot overnight. I understand parking is hard to find, especially when families are having to share homes because of the ridiculous cost of living, but do they have to set the sensitivity of their alarms so high?
We’re not talking about a Porsche, Ferrari or Lamborghini here. It’s a random generic car. It drives me completely into “Linda Blair” mode when a car alarm is just going off, and going off, and going off. I wish someone would steal the dang car so I could have some quiet!
So, that’s my peeve for this week. Unattended cars with super sensitive alarms. Thanks Paula for letting me vent!
King Ben's Grandma 
OMG! You needed that noise like a hole in the head. Damn, that pisses me off too. A neighbor 4 units down has a sensitive alarm too, and MF goes off just about every other night, and it’s always around 2am.
Did the car alarm wake up his Lord, King Ben?
On another note… I have selected you for the Weekly Song Challenge.
http://beckiesmentalmess.blog/2019/09/16/weekly-song-challenge-round-31/
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Thank you for the Song Challenge nudge. I need the reminders, especially on a Monday.
Ben has two, well…three…modes… comatose, spazed out and occasionally Taz. He was in comatose mode last night, thank goodness. No surprise since he’d been up since 1am, the little turdmuffin.🙄😂
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OMG! Angie… Thank goodness for comatose mode last night. 🙏
I’m surprised you functioning at all this afternoon/morning (where you are)… Heck, I’m going back down in T-minus a half hour. 😴
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Rest well😘
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Thanks, Angie. You too! 🥰
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Grrrrr! So annoying! I hate when people have their alarms set to sensitive because at least here random outside cats jump on cars all night.
How did I not know you were in SoCal? Where are you renting? Why are we not getting together? Lots of questions here! I know, we hate people, but still!
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I’m in the San Diego area, east county. I think you’re in OC area, yes? Its definitely doable.
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For sure! Btw, I am paying $1425 a month now FOR A STUDIO APARTMENT, which is a good deal. New (comparable) studios are $1700. It’s not like I’m on the beach or anything like that ~ it’s a nice place, but on a busy corner across from a 7-11. Gah! My daughter says I should move to Sacto, which I will as soon as a good job materializes there…
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Lots of hot air there😂 You could run for office, there’s a job perfect for an INFP🙄😛😂
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How about the poor dogs 🐕 that won’t stop barking ALL day long when the family is gone. It’s no way to enjoy working in ones garden.
Happy Monday
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Oh yeah, the poor dogs are lonely but so 🤬annoying. One neighbor has a pit, the other neighbor has chihuahuas 🙄😤
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I’m glad car alarms are becoming less common. They accomplish nothing other than being a pain in the ass!
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When I bought my car I had them disable the factory alarm. I hate them and everyone just ignores them anyway.
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Oh my gosh, that would be so frustrating! I hate loud sounds. And I especially hate loud constant sounds that could possibly wake up my child who has the worst time sleeping. So frustrating!
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We’re lucky in that when Ben finally does sleep, he’s OUT! He’s either wide awake and running full speed or comatose.
I, on the other hand, am in “monitor mode” even when I’m asleep.
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Oh, yes. Me too. Sleeping with one eye open, so to speak.
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I didn’t realize car alarms were still a thing. Well, super sensitive ones anyway.
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When a Harley or a thumpin bass can trigger the alarm by driving by, that’s too sensitive IMO. I had them disable the factory alarm when I bought my car. They’re useless anyway. Everyone ignores them.
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Yeah, too lazy to get up and look, for the most part anyway.
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