And the phone rang on
 
There must be something about sisters that don't want me to sleep...this time I tried going to bed early again, same time, and had actually been in bed, just about asleep for nearly an hour...when out of the dark came BRRRRRRRRIIIIIINNNNNNGGGGG!  My roommate's phone.  And I just about lifted off the bed, it startled me so much.  She wasn't home, so it rang and rang until the answering machine picked it up, and she had the machine turned up loud, so I heard who it was...her sister!  So then it was another hour before my heart stopped pounding and I could get back to sleep.  I think I need to begin wearing my earplugs...I will still hear the phone, but it won't startle me so much.