Bang, bang, bang, bang!!!
Ring, ring, ring, ring, ring!!!
Bang, bang, bang, bang!!!
This is what Eric and I had the pleasure of waking up to at 3:30 in the morning!
Two people decided that it would be a good idea to wake us up by pounding super loud on our front door (and a few windows) and ringing the doorbell 6 or 7 times. I tell you I have ever in my life woken up in such a fright. The adrenaline was pumping through my veins and I was instantly awake, despite being in the middle of the night.
I did what any girl would do in my situation; I shot out of bed and put on a pair of jean shorts.
Eric said, ‘Where are you going?’
‘I don’t know, but should I need to leave I will need shorts on.’
It’s kind of one of those things that you look back on and laugh. At the time I was all business. I had a plan and my shorts were coming with me.
My heart was pounding in my chest. Just before the loud banging, I was having a scary dream, so my nerves were already on edge.
Eric and I walked to the front bedroom to peer out at the street.
We saw two sets of footprints going diagonally across the lawn, where the people had run across the lawn. The grass was still bent into the ground.
All kinds of thoughts were going through my mind. Who would do such a thing?!
‘Just some kids playing nicky nicky nine doors Ange. It’s summer…’
Sketchie too was anxious. You know when you can see anxiety and fear on an animal’s face? They kind of perk up their ears, get very still, and listen closely. When Sketchie does this it totally creeps me out, lol.
I didn’t sleep for a long time.
I looked at the clock and it said 4am. I said to myself, ‘Not even 2 hours until daylight, then I can get up and everything will be better.’
From 4-5am I listened to every creak in our old house (there are many more than I ever dreamed). Finally, I calmed down and sleep won the battle of the nerves. I had nightmares about someone breaking into the house. However, my Brother in Law Dave brought over a Great Dane and saved the day (hahaha!). I woke when the sun rose. I thought to myself, ‘I’m glad it is light out now.’ before drifting back to sleep until 7am.
Needless to say when we got up this morning we both felt like we were hit by a truck! I woke up with a headache and dark circles under my eyes.
A Green Monster was called for…I had planned for vegan overnight oats, but I just wasn’t feeling it. I needed greens and I needed Maca!
And tea. Copious amounts of tea!!!!
I felt better already. Her Mix-A-Lot calms me. The blending is very hypnotic to watch.
Look at this awesome Green Monster glass that Nancy made me!
hehehe!!
In the green monster: 1 cup almond milk, 1/2 scoop Amazing Grass wheatgrass powder, ice, kale, blueberries, 1/2 frozen banana.
and a Raw Energy Cookie Bite on the side!
I felt a lot better after this breakfast.
Have you ever been woken up in the middle of the night with a fright?
Instead of trying the maca, I realized the green superfood powder had it in it. So actually now that I am obsessed with the deliciousness that makes in green smoothies I am definitely getting my maca in. Now I dont need the “icky” taste of maca alone. I even make green “ice cream” with hat and spinach and gums and almond milk…yum!
Well, last night I was alone at our new weekend house (we rent an apartment in Brooklyn but bought a cabin in the woods for him). I end up at this place alone more than he does, strangely. But I’m not used to the woodsy noises yet. Anyway, just as I was nodding off, there was a large sound right near my bedroom window, something like a cross between a dog and a crazy man. It was like a whooping or howl or something. I think it was a coyote, as they say there are lots of them around, but I can’t be sure. No, I didn’t sleep. The sheep-raising neighbors up the hill said I should have looked at it with a flashlight, and that would have made me feel better, but I don’t think I really wanted to see it!!!!
Somewhere between a dog and a crazy man? That narrows things down a bit. :o) As much as I dream of owning my own land and building a small cabin, I still check under the bed and my closets before going to bed. And the really awful part is that my bed is a platform bed that no one could possibly fit under, but in my mind I reason that if something like a vapor monster can fit there, then it’s worth checking before turning off the lights. (I’m almost 40, by the way. I’m going to be checking for monsters even when I’m in my 80s.)
A few weeks ago I was in the kitchen baking around 9ish or so when I heard a few loud bangs on my front door. Not like a pounding but as if somebody had hit the door with their body. I was so scared I couldn’t move. I was shaking and wasn’t sure what to do so I just turned on all my lights and grabbed my tazer (yep) and verrrry slowly checked threw the peep hole. Once I told my boyfriend he wanted me to get on webcam so he could keep an eye on me to make sure no kidnappings would happen or anything. :P
EEK! That would have terrified me :( Thank goodness you have Eric!
I’ve never had someone try to break into my house or apartment but one time when I went camping with my family I heard this loud shrieking noise and I jolt awake screaming oh my god daddy! And it turns out it was just a screech owl but my dad has never let me live it down! Every time I go camping he warns me to be prepare for the “scary” owls.
In the middle of the night, my physics professor called. He was a creepy man with a history of violence with his wife. He didn’t identify himself, but his Greek accent was obvious, and he was trying to get me to come over. It made me sick that he somehow had access to my unlisted phone number, which meant he knew where I lived in my small town.
I’m afraid of vapor monsters too! And we won’t talk about my age…
I am such a baby with things like that… that would have scared me so much! I never, ever would have been able to fall back to sleep!
OMG Angela! I’m SO glad you guys are OK.
This kind of prank occurred in Upstate NY. Man, his wife and two very young children were home when someone rang their doorbell and pounded on the back door simultaneously late at night. Scared the heck out of them guy ran out, gave chase, tackled the person just beyond his property line and found out it was a 14 yo teen.
Now get this- the homeowner got charged and the teen got off scot-free.
Sorry you had an interrupted sleep! Glad the GM helped though :)
I am regularly awoken at night. We live in an apartment building right downtown, so its either:
1. bar fights or couples screaming at each other on the street
2. couples arguing in another apartment
3. parties in the hallway (hasn’t happened in a while, thankfully)
4. police pounding on another apartment’s door (usually to do with said parties)
We live in a kind of run down building (although our apt is nice, and we are good tenants), sometimes the riffraff is allowed in… I usually sleep through police and ambulance sirens driving by, but loud storms and random things falling over tend to wake me up.
Scary and annoying, sorry you went through that! That would ruin my sleep for the rest of the night. Great eats, the green monster looks a lot like mine this morning. :-)
Ugh scary indeed >:(
And NOT a nice way to be roused from slumber :(
I once was downstairs in my houses basement watching TV and I thought I could hear something ont he deck (I was home alone) but I convinced myself I was crazy. But then I came upstairs and you could tell there was someone on the deck and then they tried to get in the house!! Luckily it was locked.
Then I snuck and looked out the window..turns out it was someone who I knew from high school, who I’m sure had been over to the house before, who I later found out was out of his mind on drugs, but it was buck naked except for big rubber boots.
Soooo, it was scary at the time, and I called 911, but in the end it was a funny story.
I would guess it was kids being funny, or someone drunk who thought they were at the right house, or wanted to pee and thought it would be a great idea to just ask you if they could come in and use your washroom. Everything is a great idea when you’ve been drinking. :)
I wouldn’t worry about it.
Stupid Kids. That really sucks that that happened to you. I am glad to hear it was just kids being dumb and playing a prank, and that all is well. I hope that tonight you get a better sleep and are well rested.
One time I woke up cause someone called me and I had no idea who the number was, but it was the area code that I live in. The weird thing was that *my* cellphone has a Florida number, but the person calling me had a Georgia number (in my exact town where I’m staying). Creepy as heck! :(
I’m sorry you didn’t have a good night but it’s great that the breakfast made it better!
Oh my gosh, how awful! I would have run out after them and given them a piece of my mind! Love blueberries in my green monster. You’ve totally got me hooked to them!
That’s crazy. I don’t think even if it’s kids that it’s funny. How scary. Glad it was a jock and your okay.
That would have majorly freaked the crap out of me! I’m easy to spook.
My best guy friend knows how big of a sissy I am, so at around 3 in the morning one night he decides to come over to my dorm, take the screen off my window, raise the glass, and poke his head in (my bed was directly under the window at the time). I’d JUST started to drift off to sleep, and he put his face right up against mine and started whispering my name. Needless to say I jumped up and popped him one, but he thought it was absolutely hysterical! After my heart stopped hammering, I started to agree…but still, it was terrifying!
What a scary way to wake up! One time when our newspaper was being delivered around 3 am, the newspaper hit our sliding screen door causing it to snap open with a bang and it woke me up. My heart was pounding for the longest time too!
At least you had your GM to make your morning a bit easier! That glass is so adorable!
I’m not sure if anyone has suggested this, but an idea is, if you have a second remote control to your car, keep the spare one on your nightstand depending where your bedroom is to the distance where you park your car. If you hear someone outside, hit the panick button. It can only be turned off it the battery either dies or the panick button it hit again. That might deter someone.
that sucks! I would have been bawling my eyes out haha. I’ve had that happen before, someone came and banged on my bedroom window and i was home alone, and i lived in a bad neighbourhood, so even scarier!