I’m one of those sleepers that can’t have any rhythmic noises bother me, otherwise I can’t sleep.  Ticking clocks are the bane of my existence. Recently I’ve rediscovered  one noise that normally only bothers me in the summer time. My apartment has vertical blinds (which I hate, but that’s another story), and in the summer when I’ve got the window open in my bedroom, the way the breeze comes through makes a few of the blinds sway back and forth, hitting each other tick-tock. I normally pull out some clothes pins and pin the offending slats together, but in the wintertime I put the pins away since I don’t have the windows open (natch.) But over the last few nights, I’ve noticed that the blinds are ticking back and forth…and annoying me to no end! So I’m trying to ignore it and  learn to fall asleep with the noise, but I must say it’s a tad difficult. Wish me luck.