I live in a nice little lake community. Not a Up-In-The-Mountains-Hot-Tube-Touting-Log-Cabin community... more of a Man-Made-Lake-with-summer-homes-converted-into-year-round-houses-next-to-a-major-highway-in-New-Jersey kind of Lake Community. So, I guess, besides having a lake, it's like any other neighborhood. The houses are pretty close together, and the kids can still play out in the street (with proper supervision and a smattering of "children at play" road signs thrown out there.
Living this close to your neighbors requires a certain amount of patience and .... what's the word I'm looking for.... hhhmmmm..... forbearance. Yes, that's the word I am looking for.
Forbearance: 1 : a refraining from the enforcement of something (as a debt, right, or obligation) that is due
I am uniquely qualified to spy... I mean see, my neighbors. My house is on a corner lot with my house positioned on the side. Out my back deck I face 3 neighbors backyards and see 2 neighbors front yards (across the street). Here's my list:
#1) Neighbor across the street, built a dog run with dog house for his dog to reside in during the day while he is at work. It's a beagle and she's a barker. A constant, non stop barker. (I spoke to the neighbor and he explained that she keeps having "accidents" in the house so she has to stay outside while he is at work)
#2) Old lady across the street who can barely stand, shuffles herself and her decrepid dreadlocked maltese thingy-ma-bob over to my lawn for relief. The first couple of times I thought "well, she probably can't bend over to pick it up because she's just too old" after the seventh or eighth time she did it right in front of me... without even a "Hello Deary" I considered bagging the poop and leaving it on her front stoop. Yeah Yeah she is old... but here's the kicker, she has her own yard!
#3) Neighbor behind me rarely mows their lawn. By "rarely" I mean, they mowed their lawn 2 times last year. TWICE. AND I think one of those times they did it with a weed wacker... the whole lawn! They didn't mow the backyard once last year. This year, they hired someone to come in and do something and the outcome was that the yard was mowed... but that was months ago!
#4) There are a couple of houses across from each other that have kids that all play. These kids range from 2nd grade to 5th. They are like a swarm of mosquitos, hovering and flitting about, in the middle of the street. They aren't too bad when you walk by, they are actually quite nice... it's driving by that they turn into evil spawn. First of all, they stay in the middle of the road and ignore the fact that you are driving towards them. They don't move. They wait until you stop. They look at you... act surprised that a car is trying to drive down the road... then saunter... not walk, they actually reluctantly saunter out of the middle of the road and only provide JUST enough room for a car to go through. Next time... Next time... I'm getting out and I'm going to talk to their parents. (although the kids did come to my kids lemonade stand and spend all their quarters... so I might let them off with a warning)
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1 comment:
Well being a neighbor of your neighbors, I did tell you that those children actually laid down in the street in front of my car after I told them they couldn't sit in the middle of the street.
Very charming!
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