Sunday, January 09, 2011

Running Water Fit?

Who has a fit over running bathtub water? Me that's who. Every since my bathroom was torn up to fix problem of John's tub backing up into mine (3-months, and maybe I blogged about that mess), the sound of his running water is amplified. Bad enuff I have to listen to it during the day and other nights, usually a little bit prior to 11:30PM. I just want to cry. I am so sleepy some nights I want to go to sleep at 10PM, but definitely need to go to sleep by 11PM. How can I when his kitchen noise starts at 9:30PM and his bath after 11PM?

I have slept in homes or apartments with adjoining bedroom/bathroom walls. I may have counted the minutes until nephew, Nickie's shower was over. Do not actually recall, just a vague memory that makes no sense, since I did not sleep in the downstairs bedroom next to bathroom. Perhaps it was in the mid 1980s when I lived at mom's and maybe someone took late night showers or maybe...

...never mind. Today!!!

Chris is laughing and I feel my temper rising. He is not laughing overly loud and who gets upset over someone chuckling, eh. Was also perturbed a bit earlier listening to either his or Doug's television or stereo. Oh, there goes his telephone. Or is it John's? Never heard John's ring, but seems to be coming from rear window, which I just opened, beautiful day that I should be outside enjoying, but after last night's fit...

So fit number two after listening to John run water for his bath for a bit over two hours starting at 11:30AM, I started pounding on adjoining bathroom wall. Note, there is a hallway and space of my apartment between those walls, unlike, for instance at my mother's or daughters where the tub wall is directly next to bedroom. Even with a bit of air space between the adjoining bathroom wall and my sofa bed, the sound of John's running water was ten times louder than any shower I have heard anywhere I have ever lived. Well, maybe not ten times, but that will give any reader an idea just how loud it was.

My mouth started running, stomping round the kitchen as I shout or scream about rude neighbors, not being able to sleep since he moved inside and likely went on a Chris rant as well.

John in his kitchen doing whatever he is doing. No slamming of drawers or cabinets. Yet.

To give you an idea how my mental health is being affected I typed "amplitated" and wondered why spell check did not give me correct spelling. I do know the correct word is amplified, yet the correct word did not come to mind. Sad.

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