Ugh, it's impossible to get to sleep at the moment. Someone who lives nearby (I can't quite tell who) has a dog which sometimes barks, whimpers, whines and howls all night - so much so that by around midnight it sounds like it's got a sore throat and is even more annoying, while at the same time just upsetting. Not every night though. Presumably the owners aren't at home and the dog just misses them, which means that they don't even know what's going on and aren't doing anything about it.

What makes it worse, though, is that this ruckus causes all the other dogs in the area to join in, so it's not just one lonely dog keeping me up, it's a whole bunch of other dogs that want to know what's going on too. Even though I live under a flight path in an area with pretty noisy birds and can still get at least some sleep normally, I just can't stand this bloody dog.

Argh!