October 8th, 2008 - 8:39 am
» ‘knock three times’
I got in trouble this morning with my downstairs neighbor for my six a.m. step aerobics. Either that or there was some kind of gigantic bug crisis on their ceiling that required a lot of jabbing with probably a broom (or maybe a fist, if they are tall).
Which is sad because I am really, really trying to get recommitted to exercising at least three times a week, and mornings are my times. After work I’m usually heading to the barn, and the last thing I want to do is spend an hour working out, then climb all sweaty and exhausted into my riding clothes and go try to have a good, productive ride. (And my rides this past week have been frankly demoralizing, which is a whole other story.) And I’m usually rolling back from the barn around 8:30, and planning to exercise at the very end of the day, when I’m tired and hungry and wanting to watch tv then go to bed, is just a recipe for failure. So, I don’t know.
Weird thing is I did a whole hour on Monday without a peep from downstairs, and last week did 45 Monday and Wednesday mornings. Maybe they just happened to be up and cranky this morning? Or maybe they’ve reached the end of their rope with it? Or maybe I was stepping in just the wrong spot that makes it all creaky downstairs?
I don’t know. I don’t know what to do about it, really. I could try talking to them (ugh). I could try, as I’ve often daydreamed, of somehow subtly alluding to their pot-smoking habits. We could strike an unspoken bargain where they can smoke and I’ll ignore the smell of it coming all up in my balcony and into my living room when the sliding door’s open, and I can exercise in the mornings in peace.
Sometimes I just really, really hate apartment living.
bryce said: October 8th, 2008 at 11:24 am
Little do they know that they only have 11 days till you start to RAWK.
rachel! said: October 8th, 2008 at 12:53 pm
Heh, yes. I had thought of that, but figured I wouldn’t be doing it at 6 a.m. and so maybe that’d be okay. Though I dunno, maybe a few mornings of that would give them more appreciation for the lightness and delicacy of my step-aerobicizing…
sansreves said: October 9th, 2008 at 12:24 am
Maybe they didn’t smoke enough pot. That’s why they realize you’re making noise at six in the morning.
taintedidealist said: October 9th, 2008 at 5:55 pm
I feel you on the apartment living. A lot. Sadly I won’t have my nest egg to house buying proportions for another four years.
And then if I do a move… hmmm that might throw it all out of wack. ;)
rachel! said: October 10th, 2008 at 9:03 am
Kathy – I have considered suggesting the same to them if they ever do come to talk to me about it. I’ve been doing 6 a.m. workouts on and off (a lot more off than I should, but) since February, and this is their first problem with it, so…yeah, perhaps more pot is in order there.
Bren, I believe you mean WHEN. WHEN you do a move. Which, if you’re wondering, is next spring.