I'm in the south of France at the moment. My parents live in a little town outside of Nice, and they just celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary so we all came for that.

I like to go to Tourrettes sur Loup for souvenir shopping because it's beautiful and ancient and not so touristy. Plus they have the Olive Wood products shop which has neat stuff.

Okay, Universe, time to back off the Bitches.

Safe driving Seska.

I didn't sleep much lasr night. We are going to call our landlord today, but other than that I have no idea what to do. My stomach is a giant vat of acid.

sj, do you have options of somewhere else to move? Because if the landlord doesn't do anything about getting rid of the Violent Tenants, then I think you have grounds by which to break your lease. Because seriously? Fearing for you safety doesn't not make for peaceful living arrangement.

Hang in there.

Thanks Barb. We have options if we can get out of our lease. I love our apartment so it would totally suck, but I am not sure that I feel safe staying there even if he does kick them out. I feel like a big baby who can't deal with adult things.

I'm still afraid of being outside in the dark.

I mean, deathly afraid. And I'm going to be 42 in two months.

sj, I think your fear is rational, because even as I typed that about notifying the landlord, I was saying to myself "geez, what if she decides to stalk sj or vandalize their stuff for making trouble". Therefore having it makes you sane and reasonable. Babies may not be crazy, but they aren't widely known for being reasonable. Do what you have to do to feel safe. I'm sorry you are in this situation. Also, write down the time and date of any unpleasant interactions with this person, as well as any incidents of yelling or violence that you can hear through the walls/floors.

Thanks, Windsparrow. That would be easy enough, I can just write down every Friday date in recent history. Her daughter is there on the weekends, and that is when there is trouble.

sj, this is not something that anybody could deal with. It's really freaky and upsetting, and I hope for your sake the landlord evicts her.

Mal just made me spit my coffee...he's trying to sing "A Bushel and a Peck" and it came out "I love you, a hug around the bush"

collapses into thread

sj, that is so incredibly awful. I hope something gets resolved very quickly.

I've skimmed a week's worth of posts. No, I didn't take notes to meara, but I assure you that there was ~ma and laughter and cheers happening.

We drove to Otter Lake on Monday and Tuesday. The plan was for me to have help driving, but I ended up driving the entire 1500 miles by myself. It wasn’t too bad. Bobby and I have unpacked and settled in for the summer. It’s cold, but I’m still reveling in the free A/C. I made quiche for dinner for my local family last night then we had a bonfire at my nephew’s house. Nice. There were about a dozen deer peering at us confused as to why we thought this fire stuff was so pretty.

Still have to finish cleaning the layer of grit that seems to be on all surfaces after the 10 month absence. Well, let’s just say the list is long.

Missed all of you. Now that my computer is here I shall be around more. I had packed everything in the car on Sunday night except Bobby, Brandy, and the computers. I managed to depart Monday morning without my computers, and my phone charger which was in my laptop bag. My family and office accused me of doing it on purpose. DH sent it to me via UPS and I got it yesterday. Guess it is back to work (and socializing) time.