Loud music

Okay, so the other day when I was talking about our subwoofer and sound system being loud enough to offend the neighbors, I was really just joking. Mainly because:

a. Our nearest neighbors are a good distance away (around 1000 feet)
b. I have actually turned a movie up to the volume that we normally hear it and then gone outside to see how loud it sounds, which wasn't as loud as I expected

So it really isn't that much of a problem. Not nearly as loud as our tractor or riding lawn mower. And we especially don't turn it up in the middle of the night!

Last night, we were awakened right around midnight. Which is remarkable in itself because we are usually just getting into bed around midnight. So we had actually gotten to bed early for a change.

We were awakened by what sounded like someone talking. We first looked around to make sure it wasn't anyone inside the house, which it wasn't - our son was soundly asleep. So next we went out on the front porch, and then we heard it. Loud rap music. And I mean LOUD RAP MUSIC. I could clearly understand the words, including several that I didn't want to understand. And it sounded like it was coming from the woods behind our house.

That was a problem because:

1. We own those woods
2. There shouldn't be anyone in there, considering we own them, and especially anyone playing loud music at midnight

So we put on our shoes and went out walking in the yard, to see if we could tell more about where the obnoxious sounds were coming from. And as we walked, we could tell that there wasn't someone in our woods (or at least if there were, that someone wasn't the one creating or generating the loud music), and the music was actually coming from farther on back, most likely from one of the houses on the other side of the woods.

That was a relief. Of sorts. We could still hear the music quite well, although if we went back inside and closed the door, we could almost not hear it any more. Almost. We thought about calling the authorities, but we decided against it, at least for now. Waiting to see if it was a one-time thing. Probably someone having a party of sorts. While Mom and Dad are away. If it continues, however, we might have to take some action.

And my first thought upon walking outside and hearing the music - "Those people need a decent subwoofer!"