Rude, Inconsiderate Neighbours

If you're anything like me you have probably experienced the frustration that comes from having rude neighbours. My current neighbour, who has been living next to me for about a year, claims that she hardly ever plays her music so that the music I can hear coming from her house must belong to a different neighbour. Does she seriously think I'm stupid or something? I can hear the bass from her stereo all the way across the room! I hear the vibrations, and sometimes I can feel the walls shake. Seriously, what exactly is her motive for lying to me? Now to be fair, she is better than the previous neighbours who would have the stereo turned up so loudly sometimes that the walls would shake! Some days I thought our dishes would fall down and break. What irritates me so much is not the volume of the music (especially during the day, I don't mind too much) - it's the fact that she lied to my face about it and was really rude the other night when I asked her to turn it down! There's no call to be rude and lie! Geez, it sometimes really makes me wonder why I'm nice to people at all if all I get in return is grief!

Early Morning

Not a whole lot to say this early in the morning. For the past three mornings I've been awake really early. Mostly I think it's the heat. By the time I finally fall asleep it's late, and then I'm awake early the next morning. That combined with the stress of having to find a roommate and having no luck whatsoever is really starting to get to me. I've been quite grumpy lately and I think I've probably been more short-tempered than usual. Hopefully some of the stress will decrease in a week and a half when we make the move back down to the main campus and I don't have to be at people constantly. It will also be nice to arrive at work and be able to stay there for the day rather than have to walk up the street and back down the street at the end of the day. I should have invested in one of those step counters at the beginning of the summer to see how far I've walked by now!

Birthday

So my birthday was yesterday. I was quite touched by the love and acknowledgement I got from work. I got a gigantic card signed by a bunch of my students, a card from a coworker, and a couple of gifts from students. Several people wished me a happy birthday, and I got a couple of gifts from coworkers, which was really sweet. I got a lovely gift from a friend that included some bubble bath that I greatly anticipate using sometime in the next two weeks seeing as my stress level will pretty much be at a constant high. From the 'rents I got cash (which I think is going to go towards the purchase of a camera, but I'm not sure yet).
There are many years when I've had bad birthdays. Being a summer baby isn't always fun. Your friends are usually travelling and unable to come to your birthday party. Sometimes you are travelling so you aren't even home to celebrate with your friends. As a kid that really, really made me wish my birthday was during the school year. Later on in life I've had various experiences on my birthday that I'd just as soon forget. Top of the list would of course be getting kicked out of my house on my birthday (thanks, mom!). This year I haven't experienced anything horrible, so I'm glad for that. Overall I've had a pretty good year and I'm looking forward to more of the same!