Things that go bump in the night

I m not talking spooks and ghosts, but those sudden real life shocks. The sound that scares us out of our skin. It may only be the over sensed time, being Halloween or the fact its blowing up a storm here, but so far no one apart from husband has got any sleep yet.

Just as everyone was hitting the sack there was a sound that made everyone shoot a foot in the air. Either someone has got their fireworks courtesy of the military or something in hearing distance has exploded. We waited for the usual onslaught of emergency vehicles then tried to get back to sleep.

By which time the wind and rain have got heavier and battering the south side of the house. All goo for most of use but for mum it is so loud it keeps her awake. Then my phone rings, my neighbours have a 12 + foot silver birch tree in  pot on their patio. If you know these trees you will understand how illogical this is, as they are pencil thin tree will little root base and rarely get to 10foot in the wild. Now this thing is swaying like nothing on earth and as I type looks like it is going to make a break for freedom via mum's bedroom window. Time and time again we have told them this tree is dangerous, but they just complain back about our holly tree having prickles.

So we are off to bed again praying either the wind eases or the tree just snaps, because I have a fear that the next sound that makes us go bump in the night is going to be that tree through mum's bedroom window.