Calling the cops

I thought of it, lying there awake. But I did not, for three reasons:

1. It would have woken me up more than I already was, I thought maybe I had a prayer of getting back to sleep if I just laid there and waited for the person to drive away.

2. Next-door neighbor IS a cop. I figured if something could be done, he'd be doing it.

3. I've learned (from my one experience doing it, and from talking to other people who have done it also) that the only thing calling in a noise complaint gets you is an anonymous entry in the Police Blotter and possibly some 'tude from the person answering the phone.

I'm reminding myself that this is not as bad as Summer 2003, when I had a House Full Of Buffoons next door, who partied even louder than this car was every night of the week. (Which is when I did call in a noise complaint or two, and nothing ever happened.)

But still. It makes the idea of buying 10 acres of land and building a tiny cottage in the middle of it (and posting the land, and maybe even looking into getting an electric fence around the perimeter) more appealing. (Not that I have the funds to do that or anything.)