Digging up the road outside my bedroom at midnight

[CatchingBabies]

I already know I’m being unreasonable, it’s emergency work so nothing they can do but it’s literally right outside my bedroom window and they are using that massive drill that makes the whole house shake and is soooo noisy.

Both children can’t sleep. Autistic son is terrified of the noise and having constant meltdowns each time he hears it.

I am up at 6am for work and apparently this will be going on until around 4am.

Anyone got any tips for sleeping through the sound of a drill that’s so loud it sounds like it’s in the room with you!

Headphones with white noise?

I’d be calling in sick to work, keep the kids off school, and have a duvet day.

Is it just the one night?

Ear plugs?? Cotton wool in your ears??? Sounds like a right nightmare, sending hugs x

if they're doing it at midnight, it's presumably an emergency.
Ask them to go away, sit tight and enjoy the flood/gas explosion/whatever.

We had our road resurfaced a few years ago, and it went on for over a week. Pneumatic drills, then rollers, etc.

It couldn't be done into the day as it's a main through route, so they could only close it at night. Was a right nightmare.

Hopefully it's just the one night, I know it's hard now, but it will soon be over.

Do you usually respond without reading the OP?

This. Also have an autistic child and when this happened to us, we all decided it would be a duvet day the next day and we would do what we could whilst awake. Ended up watching them out the window, and made the workers a cuppa each. Felt much more “in our control” than trying to sleep.

Calling in sick not an option.
I’m a midwife and we are short staffed enough as it is.

Children finally asleep now that the drilling has stopped. Poor neighbour has almost no front garden left with how wide the hole is!

Thanks for letting me rant. Going to get what little sleep I can now.

You poor thing. I hope you managed to get so rest