I’ve been so plagued by this f#cking rooster that I’ve found myself fantasising about ways of getting rid of it. I can actually watch it, strutting around its coop, as I peer out of my bedroom window in the mornings, silently simmering with rooster-related rage.
We even spent last week at my mother’s house on the other side of the village to catch-up on some much-needed sleep. It was a wonderful feeling to start to feel more human and happy again. And to function normally. But I couldn’t help but feel angry at the audacity of this stupid bird (or rather its stupid owner) who had quite literally driven us out of our own home.
The good news is it that so far this week it has stopped waking the whole family up at 4am. Apparently the full moon was to blame for its night-time squawking. It has gone back to waking us at sunrise: ie 7.30am. However, I’m painfully cognisant that as the winter nights shorten and summer draws nearer its agonisingly trumpeting cry will start penetrating our walls, and waking up our little ones, earlier and earlier.
Right now, anything rooster-related, drives me slightly insane. Ie the giant rooster puzzle 3 year old MiniM#1 was delighting in at the weekend at her granny’s house. Or the episode of Peppa Pig that DaddyM innocently put on for the girls last night, where Granny Pig’s rooster crows hideously and Peppa Pig and George go tearing down the garden in glee and chortle effusively to the rooster: “Thank you for waking us up Neville!”
I know shouldn’t even be toying with the idea of moving the girls to sleep in different rooms, or moving out of our house… the rooster should be the one moving out! I need to function, work and above all look after my lovely girls and cannot do any of the above very well with severe sleep deprivation.
I discovered an interesting link on the Bromley Borough Council’s website, which I helpfully forwarded to our neighbour, hoping in vain she’ll opt for the final bullet point: www.bromley.gov.uk/info/412/pollution_control_-_noise/612/noise_-_cockerels_crowing/2
We are giving our neighbour one last chance to respond to our calls, emails and visits next door. If she ignores us again tonight, we’ll be going to the council to lodge an official complaint.
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Calamitous Mummy 