Too Loud, Too Much To Handle

Yesterday was not such a good day for me, mentally. I woke up at 6:40 am, which is way early for me, so I was already exhausted. But that wasn't what got me worked up and tense and on the verge of breaking down.
As some of you know, some Autistic people are sensitive to a lot of noise or too much noise at once. Yeah, yesterday was one of those days for me. I said that because all day, I had a very unexpected visitor. The construction workers, and their very vocal machines. In Toledo, you have to expect a visit from them because they're going to be in the street for a while.
So, I was trying to finish off some homework, but all I kept hearing was trucks moving back and forth, beep, beep, beep, BANG, and the ever so lovely screeeeeecchh!! I activated Plan A; listening to music with my headphones. Five minutes later, it works. Ten minutes later, it stops working. The beeps seemed louder. Then I thought, well, there's always a Plan B.
Plan B was watching my WWE DVDs or Days of our Lives. DOOL so happened to be on, so I watched that, then I switched to Keeping Up With The Kardashians. The bangs and screeches seemed to have multiplied and gotten louder. So, Plan A was a flunk, Plan B was a tremendous failure. Plan C was putting on the red headphones I usually wear on the Fourth of July that I got at a racetrack. I went downstairs to see if they were down there, which was a big mistake.
The construction workers were working on fixing the gas in our street so our gas can be safe. I've only seen the toy trucks and videos of them and I was fine. But this time, there was one in front of my house on the street! I was so petrified! Not only by the size of the thing, but the scoop, the noises it was making, and what it was capable of digging into, in this case: dirt and cement!
So, that sight I saw helped push me closer to the edge. I called my mom because I was really freaked out. I was crying, I wanted to stop them but my mom carefully and calmly told me that they were fixing the gas so we can be safe. After nine long hours, I was FINALLY on my way to school. I knew that they'd be done when I got home and they were. I don't know when they'll be back again, but like I said, I have to expect it next time, and keep my red headphones at hand. (I found them last night in my room :) )