~white light, shining
bright
in my bedroom window
pane
sleep no more again~
Last night I went up to bed fairly early in order to relax
and read before going to sleep. It was
still semi-light. When I finished my
book hours later it was full dark. I
turned the light on my bedside table off.
And it stayed just as bright in my room.
The neighbor installed a dusk to dawn light. Twice the size of a streetlight and three
times brighter. Seriously. It’s brighter than those annoying super
bright halogen headlights. And it’s
positioned right at eyelevel when I crawl into bed. No, I can’t close the blinds. If I do that it will block the fan and I will
suffocate. There’s only one window in
the bedroom so the fan must stay where it is.
I prowled my house most of the night since it was impossible
to sleep. With where they placed the
light I will never need to turn on lights in my kitchen again either. Even though there is a potential savings in
electrical consumption for me and I would now be able to harvest strawberries
in the middle of the night next spring, I find the situation intolerable.
This morning I called my neighbor and asked that something
be done about it. She wasn’t sure if it
was possible as her grandson arranged the installation for her. I requested that she speak with him and find
out. I really need to sleep at least a
little bit now and then. If his response
is no, deal with it I suppose I could always contract the boys who were having
target practice in my alley last week to shoot it out every time it’s
repaired. Perhaps. We’ll see what he says.
