Over the past three or four years, since I bought a little TV/VCR combo set for my bedroom, I've gotten in the habit of putting in a boring PBS/History Channel documentary to fall asleep to. (I'm currently watching Ken Burns' Civil War doc.) It's now at the point that going on vacation and sleeping in a dark hotel room is an adjustment, whereas I used to fall asleep in a dark room all the time.

Ok, my apartment doesn't get completely dark, as light from the city makes it past the blinds. But I wish I could block out that last bit of light. And I'll even cover up my LED clock radio, as it makes too much light.

I bought semi-blackout drapes from IKEA that have worked wonders. Of course, the newfound darkness highlighted the fact that my router's blinking lights are bright enough to light a runway. I ended up taping over the lights.

I don't know what to think, but stuff goes missing all the time. Weird stuff to go missing. Like our board/dough scraper which is always with the big cutting board, the sink, or the dish drain. Then there was that incident a couple years ago where my travel mug disappeared out of the dish drain in the morning after my seeing it with my own two eyes the night before. I assume(d) that our roommate at the time took it and was just a crazy liar. But we had the locks changed 'cause of it. Now the board scraper's gone, and that's weird.

I mean, I lose stuff in the house all the time, but these 2 specific incidents are things that are pretty hard, given the circumstances, to lose.

I mostly like the Spire floorplans, except for putting 2 bathrooms in a 1 BR. But I like that, even in the studios, the entryways are little hall/galleys so that you can't see the entire place from the front door.

And the amenities are pretty fab.

I was trying to get mac to go to sleep without the light, but have stopped trying for the moment. For me, basic seeping in city lights are ok, but I hate noise - the downstairs neighbor's tv can drive me batty, but I have earplugs.

but I hate noise - the downstairs neighbor's tv can drive me batty, but I have earplugs.

Me too. Any music, tv or conversation and I can't sleep. A regular noise (clock ticking, fan, etc.) is fine.

My new upstairs neighbor is in the habit of turning the tv on rather loud at, say, 3:30 AM. Once or twice I've been woken up from a deep sleep by that.

If I had a place in the giant drill bit I wouldn't want to be all the way at the top -- I like the ones that see more city.

And it looks like you would only have to leave for work - and serious shopping.

Darker is better for sleep -- and all kinds of noise can wake me up. When DH was on call a lot - I had a fan in the bedroom to turn on so I could sleep while he was on the phone

I had a fan in the bedroom to turn on so I could sleep while he was on the phone

Currently I don't have any earplugs. (Or maybe I have half a pair.) A fan makes a nice white-noise generator.

I was trying to get mac to go to sleep without the light, but have stopped trying for the moment.

I don't think I slept without having the hall light on and my door open until I was in my teens. And then I started it again when I moved into my first apartment w/out roommates in grad school. And didn't stop until 2000 when I moved into the house I own. Now I like it very dark indeed.