Our strange neighbor again has demonstrated his ability to remain mostly silent for the daylight hours, choosing to prove he is alive with sustained, obnoxious racket perpetrated in the wee hours of the morning. Plaintive wails of “Daddy! No! I don’t want a spanking” and yelling competitions during disputes with his relatives during the evening hours fill his nights. As I write this today, I can easily hear his screaming children and his dog’s tortured coughing and wheezing. We were hoping they would leave today at the end of the Labor Day weekend but they don’t appear to be going anywhere.
Today was a rest day. We didn’t do anything productive except showers, reading and casual eavesdropping on the neighbors. I did cook a nice breakfast for us but, other than that, nothing much happened.
We went and purchased diesel just before dark. When we returned, we noted our strange neighbor was preparing to take his noisy arguments, screaming kids and asthmatic dog home to wherever he lives. Maybe we will get some uninterrupted sleep tonight.