West Coast Update

Hey y'all, I know it has been awhile since I've posted an update. It is because I am struggling right now. I was real excited to move into my apartment, the first space that's been truly "mine." Getting a job was fairly quick and easy. Gravy is happy to have a couple windows to look out of.

But I'm only getting about one night of decent sleep a week. Which makes everything else so. much. harder. I'm struggling to do more than just the basics, doing any of the things that fill my cup requires energy that I just don't have.

My upstairs neighbors have a small child. I've been around kids; I know how they play, I know they can be loud. But this kid is running around, crying and shrieking, throwing toys on the floor almost every night (past 10pm) and morning. It's practically all I hear from the moment I wake up (or get woken up) and all I hear when I get home from work until I try to go to sleep at night. I don't understand why this small child is awake at 10pm, 11pm, and past midnight some nights.

I've made 4 complaints to management. The first two were replied to quickly and the noise level was very low for about 2 night after. The third and fourth complaint have not been replied to at all. I'm at my wits end. I'm exhausted, cranky, and having trouble keeping it together.

I'm going to be cat sitting for my friend's fur babies this week and I'm taking Gravy with me. Hopefully a week of quiet will get my brain to a place where I can deal with the situation more rationally. I don't trust myself to not be an asshole if I go knock on their door to try to talk to them.