Crazy Neighbor

Yes the bat has made a reappearance in our house and for those of you who lived with me on Ratone I'm sure you've missed seeing my pink bat that I kept by my bed.

Incident Occurred at 10/17/09 at 9:05 p.m.(Oh yes I did type this up for the front office and I made them sign a copy for our records.....I'm just very through. (I did leave out the comments that I made in parenthesis those are for my readers enjoyment)

HERE WE GO: We had been home from dinner for about 15 minutes and there was loud knocking on the door and there was continued knocking with even louder knocking with the door knocker. I refuse to answer the door to men that I don’t recognize (I have an issue with people knocking on the door from an incident that occurred when I was little where I hid under a desk because someone knocked on the door... when you live in the country no one knocks on the door unexpectedly....it was just a guy who hunts on our land but its not like I knew that at the time and I couldn't stay home alone for a couple of years...yes I know that is sad) SO ON WITH THE INCIDENT and since my husband was in the bathroom he had to wait awhile before he answered the door to a distraught and angry man. He was wearing a baseball cap and jean Budweiser jacket he seemed to be in his mid 40s around 5'7"and was slightly overweight. (That's the dietitian in me being able to estimate height and weight) He then proceeded to yell at us about how much noise we were making all the time and that his wife can’t sleep (Eric is in bed most days well before 10 p.m. and if I don't go to bed then its not like I'm doing my BOSU here in the living room I'm just watching TV) He continued to yell at us about how we aren’t in college anymore and that since we moved in the last 6 months we have been hell for the entire building and that it was all my fault pointing at me. **NOTE I have only been living here for 2 months since our wedding in August (My husband has lived here since June and if you know Eric he doesn't move much if he doesn't have to....its the truth)** During his ranting we calmly tried to ask him what noises he was referring to and where it was coming from because we didn’t have a clue what he was talking about. He refused to answer our questions while continuing to rant and yell at us. He said we could deny it all that we wanted but we knew what he was talking about. Before he left he called my husband a name that I didn't even know what it was and said that he was going to management next time and would call the police.

We had never seen this guy before since we had moved in but as we were leaving on Sunday to go to the pumpkin patch and they were watching us from their windows. SCARY! The bad thing is the stairs that we have to go down to get out of the building force us to walk right by their door.

We went to Management on Sunday during office hours and expressed our concern and also asked if anyone has ever complained about us before. (We don't want to be bad neighbors) She informed us that no one has ever had a complaint about us because they would have called us. They called the people below us and told them that coming to our door would not be tolerated and that the correct thing to do would be to call the police. OH GREAT now we are going to have the police come whenever we walk around because we seriously can not figure out what we are doing to make all this noise they are talking about. Mangament also informed us that they have lived there for 3 years....BACK UP....why would you live in an apartment for 3 years I mean really they have the apartment that is located right next to the door that you get into the building with and its a loud door when it closes I can even hear it sometimes....BUT WE LIVE IN AN APARTMENT I WOULD EXPECT TO HEAR NOISES!! Last night Eric and I were talking about it and we don't know why they wouldn't move to a less expensive apartment to save money so they could buy a house.

Which is why Eric has found the bat in the closet and has gotten it out for me. I am also going to buy pepper spray today to keep on my keychain....

PEOPLE HAVE GIVEN US THE FOLLOWING ADVICE:

-When I go for my daily run I should set up a recording of a baby screaming and let it go for the hour that I am gone

-We should show them what noise really is.....I am torn between really showing them what stomping is to worrying that every step I make is causing the floor to vibrate...I really didn't think I walked that heavily....

-Now Eric and I are in a delima we were planning to have a Halloween party but what do we do know???

-What do you think about we should do? Have the Halloween party? Show them what noise is?

Well...I would like to start house shopping so we can leave but Eric says that it has to happen one more time before we can get a realtor. We do have a place to stay if we really feel like we need to leave...in Eric's co-workers spare bedroom in his apartment. Wouldn't that be fun....

Sorry not many pictures for this post....I was a little shell shocked so I didn't think to grab my camera when the man was yelling at us....oh course he probably would have hit one of us if I actually did take a picture....I HATE APARTMENTS can we move.....PLEASE