I recently wrote about my downstairs neighbors, now I am awakened by a random neighbor crying and pleading outside my window in the parking lot. Thankfully I am not on the first floor.
I haven’t lived the apartment life before, It has been over a year now since I moved in and it’s been extremely quiet where I live. I like it but I also realize that when you live among so many people there will be times that you are privy to outbursts or domestic issues. It’s always upsetting to wake up hearing a pleading cry outside your window or catching the yelling sounds of a stranger.
I know enough about times like those not to step in, but to observe from afar, and if I feel someones life in danger or the issue get out of hand, help is a phonecall away. It doesn’t mean I don’t want to help. I just know 9 times out of 10 they are so emotionally involved that my stepping in is not only a danger to me, but also would more likely increase the heightened emotions, not calm them.
I lay here in bed wondering what the story is behind all the crying. I won’t sleep well after this. It brings back feelings I’ve not felt in a long time. Touches nerve endings that I thought were deeply buried. There’s something primal about hearing these sounds that are not your own. Like you are in the middle of someone elses movie.
I’ll try to sleep now…it’s quiet and I saw them walk to their apartment. Feels helpless to not know the reasons. Feels odd to have memories like that surface in coordination with the event. I feel strong enough that I will be safe and secure and my littles or worried parts won’t feel threatened. It takes a little “self talk” to move forward sometimes. I hope it stays quiet.
I’m using an app on my iPhone called Dragon Dictation to record my voice, and it turns it into text so that I can post this to my blog.
So far it’s worked pretty good for dictating short text messages and emails. I don’t know how often I would use a program like this because I do enjoy typing. It might be useful if you’re driving and need to speak out a quick note and add it to your iPhone. I’ll continue testing and let you know how goes!
– Post From My iPhone
I can’t sleep. Not because I’m in torment or having bad dreams, but because it sounds like my neighbors downstairs…yes, below me, are building a rocketship.
I have called management on them before for loud banging, and I try very hard not to be a tattletale. But when it’s so loud and constant everyday it starts getting to where I cannot ignore it.
I have had a few friends over and they all say I have been too patient. I think tomorrow I will call again to see what steps I can take to get this resolved. It’s quiet for a moment, off to sleep I hope!
While looking into my review opportunities, my eyes fell upon a website that had to do directly with blogging. Thoughts.com has an incredibly easy way to blog. There were countless opportunities for me to comment as I browsed the many blogs listed. I visited the ‘Top Blogs’ section which lists the top 100 blogs. And then I went to ‘Random Blogs’ to visit a few of the possibly more unknown blogs.
You can browse photos and when you click one, it leads you to the blog it’s attached to, which gave me many more blogs to read. I enjoyed visiting different spots and finding new and interesting topics for my own creativity. They have a policy that basically states you don’t have to agree with everyone’s ideals or opinions, but use the “one love policy” to keep the peace. I think that’s fantastic for a social site to advertise. It seems they go the extra mile to make a user feel at home, and that’s always a plus.
Once you sign up, you are given a place where you can utilize the site widgets, deciding what you want to see on your page when you login each time such as friends’ blog posts, updates, Emails, etc. So, head over to the site and click on the ‘take a tour’ button to see if you’re interested in the site, or just browse the blogs, like I did!
There was a layoff at my job on Tuesday. Three employees were cut. I was one of them, unfortunately. I am not too upset about it because I have faith that things like this are meant to be. I have a feeling after all that I have been through in life, I can overcome this small stress.
Do you sometimes feel like things that are HUGE issues to others are very small stressors to someone that is a survivor? Sometimes it is the other way around. You hold so much in that small stress seems big!
I hope to find balance.
– Post From My iPhone