Sleep

I put on the orchestral version of Haydn's Seven Last Words when I went to bed. When I have music at bedtime, I play it at very low volume, in fact it's only just audible.
I was just settling down when I was distracted by some low-level but very intrusive bass from upstairs. Off went my cd. I fell asleep but was woken up at a quarter to midnight by the kids upstairs. They were running around, laughing, talking loudly, and banging things around. I took myself into the front room, my head pounding. I thought of rolling a fag but decided I didn't really fancy one. At ten past twelve the woman upstairs intervened and put them to bed. I went back to bed and tried to sleep with the sound of that woman bumping around. It sounded like something heavy being dragged around and dropped.
I slept very badly, waking up several times and staying awake. I woke up at around half past seven, but it took me nearly an hour to get out of bed.