I may never sleep adequately again.

I've written here before about the adorable, almost frighteningly fit young bicycle-mad couple in the apartment above mine. I've had them over and I like them. The trouble is that I can hear a lot of what goes on up there - yes, including sex.

They've started getting up at 0600. I would prefer 0700. I can hear their alarm through my fancy silicone ear plugs; sometimes they hit snooze.

I ran into one of them in the basement while we were getting our bikes, she for a commute and me for exercise. I asked if ungodly was going to be the new normal, but not in so many words. She says yes, and she says she'll see what they can do about noise mitigation.