This summer I travelled with my parents. Last summer I said I'd never do that again, but I'd forgotten the reasons why. So I joined my parents once again and went to Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Russia. I shared a room with my parents in all those countries. But two hours into the first night of our trip, I remembered why I didn't want to travel with my parents anymore: they snore so loud it makes my eardrums want to commit suicide.
I thought I'd get through the night in a state of minimal annoyance, sleeping most of the time. Turns out I was wrong. There are stages you go through when you 'sleep' near a snorer. These are the stages I went through every night - until I bough ear plugs, that is.

What's that sound? Snoring? No, that can't be. You'd never taken [insert name of person sleeping close to you] for a snorer. Maybe it's something else? Nope, that's definitely snoring. They're absolutely a snorer.

Let them snore, it doesn't matter. Their snoring isn't even all that loud. You'll fall asleep soon enough, right? Right?

Okay, apparently you're not falling asleep because of the snoring. That's inconvenient, but what are you going to do about it? You can't just wake them up every single time they start to snore. Just try to ignore it. We all know that's impossible, but try.

Hours, I mean, hours have passed and you still can't sleep because someone won't stop snoring. What did you do to deserve this? Why do you have to suffer?!

It's clear you won't get those hours of amazing sleep you were hoping for, but how about a few minutes? Half an hour? If they'd only stop snoring for fifteen minutes you'd be able to fall asleep... Please... Just fifteen minutes of silence... That's all you need...

Fine. No sleep then. Who needs sleep anyway? Tomorrow you'll buy earplugs though. Now you'll just read a book and wait for morning to come. Stupid snoring.

Remember: it's completely possible go back to stage 4 and 5 after completing the entire cycle. In that case you might be stuck in an infinite loop. Sleeping near a snorer: great way to get through the vacation. Have you ever done it, or successfully fallen asleep in this situation?

Stay Awesome!