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.

We have spoken to the landlord and he has spoken to the neighbors. In a nutshell, she was apologetic and he has made it clear that this is unacceptable and will not happen again. We still at the in-laws and will be for a while. Any -ma you can send that this just goes away would be great. My stress levels are almost back to normal.

This is possibly the only place where my bizarre life would get me kudos. No wonder I like it here. Seska, it may be that my purpose in life is to be the "bad" example! I've got no real advice, all I got is this: I regret telling our families the truth; I don't regret loving the people I loved. I chose to be with the ones who weren't making me choose.

sj, what an awful situation! I hope the landlord's intervention is all that was needed to make this stop.

d, the south of France! I am so envying you right now. Can you feel it? It's like an especially warm breeze...

Much safety~ma to you, sj. And some ~ma of the "maybe, just maybe this is the wake-up call that that family needed to change how they work things out" variety for the family upstairs.

You know, I think I have to join ZenKitty in envying d. Sounds perfectly wonderful.

And I'm glad you made it safely, Laura.

I just made watermelon gazpacho for lunch. It was my first time using my new spiffy red immersion blender, which is very awesome.

The soup is pretty good - watermelon, almonds, garlic, and a bit of seasoning. Not to everyone's taste but I quite liked it.