1 – I am sick and I hate it
I woke up with a brutal headache Monday morning and chalked it up to the yummy wine I had with dinner the night before. Popped a few Advil and slept in for an extra hour. At about the half-way mark on my way to work I realized that this was no “wine-over” – got to the office, took care of a few emergencies and promptly went back home to bed. Back at work today, but it likely would have been a better idea to stay at home. C’est la vie
2 – I have seriously pissed off my neighbours
by having the audacity to ask them to ask their “children” (and I use that term lightly given that both of them are in their 30’s and still living with mummy and daddy – LOSERS!!!) to kindly not smoke right outside of my bedroom window. I went in there Sunday afternoon and it smelled like a dirty old men’s tavern – GROSS!!! I mean I have put up with the whiffs of smoke for the past few years but now it has just gotten top be way too much. They have a lovely back garden where they could suck on their cancer sticks to their hearts’ content, but apparently prefer to use the front porch, which happens to be right outside my bedroom. I got the door slammed in my face and a “you have just created a HUGE problem between us – there is no way I would ever ask any member of my family to not smoke on our own front porch!” Whatever, bitch.
3 – I watched that show “Pushing Daisies”
last night for the first time and loved it! Is that weird? It totally reminds me of that other show about the other dead/not dead people that sadly went off the air, Dead Like Me
October 24, 2007 at 4:45 pm
GOD! That’s annoying. My neighbors smoke in the courtyard, so sometimes it comes into our living room and it drives me nuts. But anytime I’ve ever said anything about it, they respond politely with, “Dude! I’m sorry, didn’t realize it was wafting into your apartment,” and they move further away. Which is the normal, humane way to respond. NOT by slamming a door!
October 24, 2007 at 5:59 pm
what a bitchy thing for the neighbors to say. as if asking them to graciously respect your LUNGS was what, too much to ask? asshats. i hope you feel better.
October 24, 2007 at 8:02 pm
Ugh – those neighbors sound like junk!
October 25, 2007 at 6:30 am
Maybe you can infect your neighbors? That would be a nice payback, yes?
October 25, 2007 at 6:41 am
I don’t get how some people can be so inconsiderate of others. Sorry your bedroom smells like a bar! Smoke smell is so hard to rid.
October 25, 2007 at 9:31 am
Argh. Chalk it up to another blinding case of 21st Century Entitlement. Sadly, I run into it almost daily. This is why I like dogs.
If I was pettier I’d suggest coughing and hacking all over their mail, their doorknobs, and their cigarette-smoking kids. But I won’t – we’re all about the high road, aren’t we?
October 25, 2007 at 7:57 pm
I have to say, I love Bre’s comment. “Junk” is the perfect word to describe these types of people I think. And I hope that you are feeling better now. Just think, almost the weekend!
October 26, 2007 at 8:09 am
Hope you feel better! I’m sure the smokey smelly nastiness isn’t helping. That’s incredibly rude of them for sure.
October 26, 2007 at 2:24 pm
yes, the neighbours really are a piece of work – delightful one minute and then complete unreasonable ass-hats the next
a prime example: the mother actually poked her head in my window one morning and asked that I turn my music down as her precious daughter was sleeping – it was 7 on a Tuesday for chrissakes!! adn then had the audacity to be upset when I left a note on each of their cars complaining of a raging party at 2 a.m. on a Sunday/Monday
but, yes, I am feeling better thanks! I have kicked this flu or whatever in the ass 🙂
October 26, 2007 at 7:14 pm
Hope your non-wine-over unpleasantness is gone…your neighbors SUCK! So rude!
October 28, 2007 at 7:33 am
eff your neighbors.. in our condo i had smokers – blech…. (an ex smoker here) – also – i have also enjoyed pushing daisies… and most important i hope you are feeling better…