76 Degrees

Almost noon and 76 degrees ~ I should be outdoors not inside doing this. I am loathe to open my door due to the neighbor next door.

When he is home, I no longer go out to check my mail ~ not that I get a lot of mail, but should not have to be spied upon when I go check it. Chris is almost always in the courtyard so I never thought much about it ~ that he would come outside whenever I went to check mail or leave building via front gate, stand outside his door and watch me. That is, until John came along.

John leaves his front door open ~ every time I go to check mail, he rushes to open the screen ~ I was oblivious at first "Hi, friend," he says. Well, I thought he was talking to Chris. After he repeated it a few times as I scanned my mail, walking back to apt., open my door, I look towards him and ask "Are you talking to me?"

Okay, a stranger is a friend you have not met yet (author unknown) but I am not looking for a friend ~ especially a man and a man like John. I am not the only tenant bothered by his "Hi friend," greeting. We are neighbors is all ~ and it is good to know who lives in the complex; do not mind saying "Hi, how ya doing," that sort of short conversations when we meet in passing.

If John had not threatened to knock on my back door; informed me "I am coming over to visit you," as if I had invited him or he had a right to invite himself. I do not have men in my apartment. I used to allow men friend to visit ~ which is another story...

John bent the new blinds on kitchen window when he moved into the bldg. I used to freely come and go from the side gate. Now I am uncomfortable ~ due to his watching my every move ~ opening his door ~ when he sees me. Or hears me open my door.

Then there is the new padlock on back gate. Previously, when arriving home, I aueitly opened/closed the gate door, rushed to my apt. hoping I would get in the door before John had time to come out of his.

We had a spat the last time I went to leave apartment by backdoor when he was at home. So I sit here thinking 76 degrees and I fear opening my door to go outside and catch some rays.