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Susan Arthur ([personal profile] luciab) wrote2005-08-24 10:10 am
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Post-Pennsic blahs

Well, sort of blahs, anyway. I'm feeling so much better than I was on Monday that I hate to even call this blah.

During my absence, it became easier to tell the kittens apart... Carmen has developed a bulge around her middle that clearly distinguishes her from her more svelte sister. It's rather amusing. I'm glad she's started being more freindly again; the first day and a half she was pretty standoffish and a few times even ran from me. Nothing like lying on your belly with your head under the bed, sweet-talking a cat, to make you feel like a mature, intelligent human being. Heh.

Another issue, of more concern, is the letter that I received from my downstairs neighbor, saying she's been bothered by the sound of banging and heavy furniture being moved in my apartment at around 5 or 5:30 AM. The note was dated the 18th. If we assume that she wrote it after being awakened that morning, there is something very fishy indeed going on. As in, I wasn't IN my apartment from the 8th to the 21st. A friend came to feed the cats and take care of the litter box, but I sincerely doubt he did that at 5 AM, and neither of those activities takes place in that room anyway. Furthermore, anyone who knows me will testify under oath that I am extremely unlikely to be doing anything more active than snoring at 5 AM. And while I have it on good authority that I used to snore mightily, I doubt that even my worst is THAT loud. Unfortunately, I have been unable to find Miss Lily home so that I can talk to her about this.

Nia and I are going to do laundry tonight. I do envy those who have washers and dryers at home. For that matter, when I got home Sunday night, my apartment was much more uncomfortable than camp had been-- neither is air conditioned but camp usually had a breeze. And the Baronial shower had better water pressure than my shower here. It made me seriously reconsider my love of this place, hardware floors and 9' ceilings or not.

[identity profile] deza.livejournal.com 2005-08-24 04:14 pm (UTC)(link)
No A/C? How do you keep from melting?

[identity profile] luciab.livejournal.com 2005-08-24 07:03 pm (UTC)(link)
12" + thick masonry walls, lots of fans-- and I'm just a hot mama. heh.

[identity profile] idonealuv.livejournal.com 2005-08-24 04:31 pm (UTC)(link)
I've always known cats party hearty when humans leave...

Seriously, maybe you have a ghost. Or maybe, with your apartment empty, the sounds from other apartments echo through yours and down into the neighbor's. I dunno, why else would she hear noises when you are gone, and nothing when you are there?

[identity profile] luciab.livejournal.com 2005-08-24 07:06 pm (UTC)(link)
I haven't been able to talk to her to be sure she doesn't hear noises when I"m here. I wonder if it could be sound from next door to her instead of above her. I think my BR is directly above hers and I can't tell whether sound is coming from adjacent or above. Speaking of sound from above, though... I think Tuneless Boy has a live-in-honey-- no bad music lately and I've seen a cute chick in the hall. Yea, romance!!