The Joys of Condo Living - Not

[fauxklore]

I’ve been exhausted all day. I had intended to go to bed at 11 last night, but there was somebody making a lot of noise in my complex. After about an hour and a half of not being able to sleep, I got dressed and went to go complain to them. It turned out not to be my next-door neighbors, but the people on the other side of them. And it sounded like they were having a knock-down drag-out fight. I even heard what sounded like glass breaking. I decided it would be too dangerous to confront them, so went back to my place and sent an email to the building manager (who I am sure won’t see it until Monday morning). In retrospect, I should have called the police.

Anyway, it was almost 2 a.m. before it was quiet enough to sleep. I assume these are the same people who were playing music loudly on Friday night (which I only heard when I got up to use the bathroom at about 3 a.m.) Sigh. Normally the only noise I hear comes from birds in the courtyard and cicadas in summer.

I did get up early to run some errands - mailed off my packages (there is a post office a few miles away that is open on Sundays), dropped some cookies off with a friend, put a few books in the Little Free Library down the street from her house, and did my grocery shopping. I had a genealogy-related zoom meeting at noon, so I didn’t really have a chance to take a nap until mid-afternoon.

Hopefully, the neighbors will be quiet tonight.