That is right. This blog is ending. It is time to say goodbye. I have moved out and turned in the keys. I do not anticipate any further interactions with the upstairs neighbors. May they irritate someone else (but in another apartment building as this one really needs to be fixed before it is rented again).
motor?
Last night there was another round of what is that sound, a favorite game upstairs neighbors and I play without them knowing.
I think it was a motor of some sort. It sounded kind of like a lawn mower. So I am thinking gas motor with a pull start. No idea what it was or what it was used for, just that it took them about 5 pulls to start it and that it ran for about an hour.
brief interlude by landlord
This is not about the upstairs neighbors but about my landlord. He has gotten really terrible and there is no real way around it anymore, I need to move. I had wanted to stay until I could afford a house but that doesn’t seem to be possible anymore. For the full story, please see my GoFundMe and read the description. If you have the ability and desire, please contribute. I hope no one gets stuck in a situation like this.
hissy fit
I was spending all yesterday canning and cleaning and getting things done. So I woke up at about 6:30 and finally got out of bed around 7:30. I turned my music on (low) and started canning.
Around noon one of the upstairs neighbors started stomping on the ground, kind of like they were telling me to be quiet. But you really can’t hear much upstairs. And my music stayed low and had been on the same loudness all day. They have my phone number and there were no calls or texts so I just kept on canning and listening to music.
The stomping continued every 5 minutes or so.
Then I dropped a bowl, it crashed. Right after, frantic annoyed stomping.
So I guess they heard me? Maybe? But then why stomp only after noon and not before? Why not call or text me? And even if they did somehow hear me, it is noon, get your lazy butt out of bed. I hear every step you take all night long.
the end of the live blogging fight
I was going to keep blogging last night but I really needed to sleep.
After a ten minute break, the upstairs neighbors were back at it again. The girl started with “are you still mad?” Based on the rest of the night, I am guessing the answer was yes.
They kept yelling and slamming doors off and on. I am not sure quite when it stopped as I finally fell asleep around 1.
live blogging fight
It is almost 11 pm and upstairs neighbors are clearly upset. Doors have been slammed and something glass was broken.
Guy – “ow you stupid bitch”
Girl – muffled crying sounds
Guy – “just leave. Go **** the town”
I think they went to their separate corners, no one left and no one is yelling right now.
stomp, stomp, stomp
Upstairs neighbors must be upset. They decided last night to stomp everywhere they went after 10. It woke me up twice.
fight #2
Second fight I have heard that lasted more than a few minutes (I am not really counting the shorter ones). This was at least 2 hours, starting around 11PM. I fell asleep during the fight and woke up to it still going. The only thing I could clearly hear is when they yelled. “I don’t care what you think,” “you ____,” etc.
illiterate?
More evidence that the upstairs neighbors may be illiterate, or at least they don’t pay attention.
I have notified them twice now that their address ends with an ‘A’ and yet I am still getting their mail. It is one thing if the postal worker delivers mail accidentally to me and another when they refuse to correct their address. I am sick of telling them and delivering their mail. So now I am marking return to sender on anything of theirs. Want your mail? Use your address.
UPDATE for water, water everywhere
Yesterday I had a contractor come to my apartment to fix some leaking ceilings. He had to go upstairs to check on that apartment and see if he could directly see the source of the leak without demoing my ceiling (he couldn’t) and I directed him to the water sound. He had noticed it and said he would check on it when he went upstairs. His exact words “what the heck are they doing?” Good question, sir.
After he went upstairs, he probably jiggled the handle or turned a knob and the water finally stopped.
How do you not notice if water is constantly running for 4 days?
Side note – contractor also mentioned that the last time he was up there the girl wouldn’t stop cleaning (he said “obsessively”) and both struck him as odd. It isn’t just me…
Upstairs Neighbors 