No Pleasing Some People

My host Family is pretty good. They are nice people and they help me out a lot. But they are serious about their sleep and sleeping times. And I break those rules by accident sometimes.

I definitely have an obsession with sleep. I can fall asleep ridiculously easily and sleep deeply no problem. Except when I am planning a trip somewhere- then I turn into a raging insomniac b/c traveling prep stresses me out so bad.

So last night- I was up til about 3 am puttering around in my room, cleaning. No, I am not dumb enough to use the vacuum that time of night. I was being as quiet as I could while I got my stuff done. I thought I had done a pretty good job of keeping it quiet.

Hmmmm. apparently not so much. When I got the milk this morning, my host mom asked me if I had had trouble sleeping b/c they heard me all night.

This also lead to a question about my alarm clock and how loud and when it rings. My host mom even asked if I had it sitting on the floor in my room. WTF? Do these people have bat ears? Or are the floors really that thin??? They can probably hear me typing right now and are planning to tell me later that typing is only acceptable between the hours of 10 am- 2 pm. urgh.

Is there ever a point when you can just live in a house and not worry about making too much noise? Seriously. I may just have to buy a little place out in the middle of nowhere, where I will live in harmony with the Chowzer and can clean whenever I want without waking up the neighbours. I hope the Nora Chow doesn't mind isolation.

* *Side note- I friggen miss my dog :( 64 days Chowzer, 64 days**