I’ve decided to stay in this apartment. After eddie passed I thought I would move (to Sacramento? To claremont? To Milwaukee?) but i realized that moving would be too much to deal with. So I shall stay in this rad apartment that I can barely afford.
i love this place but I just got new upstairs neighbors who have heavy footsteps. 12:22 am and I can still hear them thudding along their whole apartment. It drives Niko to the point of mad panic and anxiety where she would jump off the third floor balcony (she did it before). Eddie used to bang on the ceiling with his cane when the old neighbors used to wrestle after midnight. But this is a new set of neighbors who moved in less than a week ago. Maybe they are still rearranging or building their billy bookcases but they are making too much noise. I felt i need to nip this problem in the bud as soon as possible, so to kill them with kindness I left them a welcome basket (ie, paper gift bag) at their door.
the bag contained a $15 bottle of red wine, a box of walker’s shortbread cookies in the shape of Scottie dogs (regift), and a small box of Godiva dark chocolate. On the card i wrote, “hi neighbors! happy new year and welcome to the community! This is a great building, but please be mindful that the floors are very thin. Please Watch your heavy footsteps. or else watch your backs.” And I drew a little gun with dashes coming out the barrel.