#doesn't help that my home town's situated in a valley so shit really echoes even from relatively far away

[usodeshou]

My dog is having the worst night of her life (or at least the worst since last year's New Year's Eve)

#still 3.5 hours to go until midnight #and it's already been almost 2 hours since people started randomly setting off fireworks outside #the entirety of her small frame is trembling and she's looking at me like she's begging me to make it stop #and I have to stay chill as best as possible although it doesn't really make much of a difference now #managed to take her outside to pee at least #but it's literally impossible to get even a few minutes without any loud bangs ripping through the quiet #she's in a loop of 'I need to go outside!' and 'no let's go back inside!!! 😨' #not expecting to be able to take her on any walks until 2-3 am 😮‍💨 #unless she needs to poop so urgently that it overrides her fear just long enough to get the deed done #I always forget exactly how stressful it is #for both of us #but at least I understand what's going on 😅 #doesn't help that my home town's situated in a valley so shit really echoes even from relatively far away #and I really hate firecrackers with a goddamn passion #somebody could shoot a gun into the sky on the street outside and it would be just as unpleasant a noise #my kitchen hood's been running for hours to drown out the noise from outside as much as possible and it did buy me some time early on #and makes it so that she doesn't hear every single piece of firework that goes off #been listening to music through my earphones to drown out the noise of the kitchen hood so I don't go crazy myself #3 more hours to go now #hoping that maybe there'll a bit of a break soon as the kids that got it out of their system before going to bed go to sleep #everyone else maybe deciding to wait until midnight to use up the rest #I just need 5 minutes #maybe even 10 #to let her outside #please #I am not relaxed at all and she surely notices that too and it's not helping #god what I would give for a soundproof room right about now #excuse me while I start ineffectually digging a bunker in the garden #🙈 #meanwhile my mom's cat is completely unfazed xD