Quit..rest ..restart . Diary no.3

Gigervamp

Hello stranger!


You should speak to the mother of the kids first, then if it doesn't quieten down, or they keep going in the front garden, then let the managing agents know.

Are they school age, because it's half term now I think.


Good to hear your training's going well. Are you curious about how much weight you've lost? Mind you, you're probably also putting on muscle mass, which weighs more than fat, so that might make it seem like you've not lost much.


Have you got any plans over the bank holiday? Seeing your friends? The weather's going to be warm according to the weather report tonight, so it should be good for a spot of sitting in a nice beer garden with good company.

another_casualty

Hi gigervamp Nice to hear from you again.
Yes , it's true that it is the holiday period . I have been very patient with them . Yes they make a fair bit of noise up and down the stairs mainly weekend . Fair enough. The bawling baby is manageable when I turn my music / tv up louder. What has been happening lately is the kids jumping up and down , leaving the door open and running in front of my window . That's when I had enough .
The mother should have come down to apologise . I'll see tomorrow if she is in the communal area and I will tell her . I will take her to the front . Think fawlty towers. Kids ages about 6-7. And a baby .

It'll be interesting when I find out my new measurements next week
Mr trainer is giving me a tailored workout , due to the mg. it'll take time , so anything positive is a bonus .

I'll be seeing my friend next weekend for a cider or 2 in Poole
We had a surprising 8 pint of Guinness session on sat . Unexpected
It was record store day . The sun was shining and we did a pub crawl in Westbourne . I was in a bad way in the late evening obviously :rotfl:

Gigervamp

Oh yes, bet your head was complaining, but when the sun's out and you're having fun, it all seems like a good idea at the time!


Upstairs should be telling her kids not to jump around up there, as well as the other things, but she probably can't help the baby bawling. One of mine never wanted to be put down at all, and often screamed the place down. And when I had my youngest, one night he just wouldn't stop crying, no matter what I tried, and the upstairs neighbours banged on their floor. I felt like knocking on their door and thrusting my son at them, saying "Here, you see if you can get him to stop, because I've tried everything, and I'd also like to get some sleep!" I didn't, obviously. That really annoyed me, that they thought I was just leaving him to cry for the fun of it!
But yeah, she can definitely do something about the kids.

another_casualty

Thanks gigervamp .
I have just sent an email to the managing agents . Right or wrong , I've done it . What really got to me , was the kids running in front of my window and possibly damaging the plants outside my window .
It dawned on me that the family seem to be treating it as their house and I'm surrounded by then . Not on :mad:

In my email I basically told them how laid back I have been in the 2 years I've been here . I told them I don't mind the pram in the communal area , and that even they knew that the kids bike behind it was too much and they moved it . I mentioned I don't mind them running up and down the stairs . Kids are kids etc and it's not constant . I mentioned the door being open constantly before .
The papers and letters chucked on the floor also . Those issues are being discussed in the annual meeting .
So, I await their response ..

Gigervamp

Would you be allowed to put up a little fence between the front garden and the path, to stop them running into it? I'm thinking just a lowish picket type fence, 2 or 3 feet high, with a gate for access.


Alternatively, you can get planters with a trellis attached to the back, you could put a few along there. Something like this.

another_casualty

Gigervamp wrote: »

Would you be allowed to put up a little fence between the front garden and the path, to stop them running into it? I'm thinking just a lowish picket type fence, 2 or 3 feet high, with a gate for access.


Alternatively, you can get planters with a trellis attached to the back, you could put a few along there. Something like this.

Thanks for suggestion gigervamp .
It's fairly hard to describe the layout . The shrubs outside my window are big bushes . They get maintained by the managing agents about 3 times a year . They use big petrol hedge trimmers .
The communal garden is at the other end and they have lots of room down there. Outside my window is a big main road . They need to go to the park .

Gigervamp

Yeah, I'm trying to remember what it looked like, when you were thinking of buying it. I remember the side and back, and I think I remember seeing bushes along by the pavement (and between yours and next door?) but don't remember if you could see from the photos the entrance to the front garden.


Oh well, maybe they'll stop once the management have spoken to her about it.

another_casualty

Your memory is good gigervamp.
The bushes along by the pavement is my bit . The flats facing have exactly the same layout . I'll let you know the outcome .

Gigervamp

Haha, I've always liked looking at houses! As a child, whenever we went on long car journeys, I'd pass the time looking for interesting houses in the villages we passed through, to put in my imaginary village!

harz99

Thanks for the updates AC, I was starting to wonder if you were okay.