Today we're mixing it up a bit and I'm going to tell you a bit about my life. Specifically, my f*@#ed up Friday.
Most of you know about the altercations with our downstairs-pothead neighbors. What you don't know is that, amidst the fighting, there is the very real and scary threat of living in a bad neighborhood. Some might say I live on the wrong side of the tracks. Or the wrong side of a good street because one side is fine, but mine is downright decrepit.
This morning we woke up to find a cop outside the house who appeared to be giving Daweski a ticket. What actually happened was this (not verbatim.. but close enough...):
Cop: You've got some damage to your vehicle.
Daweski: Yeah I got in a minor fender bender a couple months back.
Cop: *Looks at Daweski like he has lobsters crawling out of his head* No, sir, you have some damage to your vehicle.
Daweski: *Slowly turns around to look at his car* GASP!! What happened to my car?? That was not there before!!
Cop: Yeah, I thought you might not have noticed that.
Daweski: There's a giant brick through my back windshield. And what's that? Oh, someone has taken a LOG and beat the crap out of the rest of my car.
During this discussion, a tow-truck pulls up. There is glass everywhere inside and outside of the vehicle. I take Liam to daycare and come back to give my statement and take some pictures. My neighbor pops his head out of his side door and screames at me:
Pot-head: Don't pin this on me!
Me: *Laughing* You pinned this on yourself!
You see, they (the Pot-heads) have been threatening us for months. They have threatened that if Daweski parked in the guest spot that 'something' would happen to his car. Consequently we only parked in the guest spot when we absolutely had to and have filed complains with the police putting those threats are on record. Whether they actually did the vandalism or not, they are implicated. As I explained to my landlord this morning "they implicated themselves by constantly threatening that something would happen to the vehicle. And something did."
Seriously, how dumb do they think we are? Its no cooincidence that in a neighborhood FULL of cars parked on the street that the only vehicle smashed to pieces is Daweski's. Whether they did it themselves or they paid someone else to do it, I am 100% sure that they are responsible.
I'm also 100% sure that I made the right decision to move. Its going to be difficult commuting from Orleans every day (if that's where we end up) but it doesn't matter. I need to feel safe and I need for my son to grow up in a safe environment. I can't be surrounded by drugs anymore and I can't be afraid to go home at night because I might get screamed at by a drunk couple of Pot-heads. Only 6 weeks. 6 weeks until I'm free of this BS.
Most of you know about the altercations with our downstairs-pothead neighbors. What you don't know is that, amidst the fighting, there is the very real and scary threat of living in a bad neighborhood. Some might say I live on the wrong side of the tracks. Or the wrong side of a good street because one side is fine, but mine is downright decrepit.
This morning we woke up to find a cop outside the house who appeared to be giving Daweski a ticket. What actually happened was this (not verbatim.. but close enough...):
Cop: You've got some damage to your vehicle.
Daweski: Yeah I got in a minor fender bender a couple months back.
Cop: *Looks at Daweski like he has lobsters crawling out of his head* No, sir, you have some damage to your vehicle.
Daweski: *Slowly turns around to look at his car* GASP!! What happened to my car?? That was not there before!!
Cop: Yeah, I thought you might not have noticed that.
Daweski: There's a giant brick through my back windshield. And what's that? Oh, someone has taken a LOG and beat the crap out of the rest of my car.
During this discussion, a tow-truck pulls up. There is glass everywhere inside and outside of the vehicle. I take Liam to daycare and come back to give my statement and take some pictures. My neighbor pops his head out of his side door and screames at me:
Pot-head: Don't pin this on me!
Me: *Laughing* You pinned this on yourself!
You see, they (the Pot-heads) have been threatening us for months. They have threatened that if Daweski parked in the guest spot that 'something' would happen to his car. Consequently we only parked in the guest spot when we absolutely had to and have filed complains with the police putting those threats are on record. Whether they actually did the vandalism or not, they are implicated. As I explained to my landlord this morning "they implicated themselves by constantly threatening that something would happen to the vehicle. And something did."
Seriously, how dumb do they think we are? Its no cooincidence that in a neighborhood FULL of cars parked on the street that the only vehicle smashed to pieces is Daweski's. Whether they did it themselves or they paid someone else to do it, I am 100% sure that they are responsible.
I'm also 100% sure that I made the right decision to move. Its going to be difficult commuting from Orleans every day (if that's where we end up) but it doesn't matter. I need to feel safe and I need for my son to grow up in a safe environment. I can't be surrounded by drugs anymore and I can't be afraid to go home at night because I might get screamed at by a drunk couple of Pot-heads. Only 6 weeks. 6 weeks until I'm free of this BS.
7 fabulous comments, click to add yours!:
I'm so sorry that your Friday is so effed up. Hopefully your Saturday and Sunday will be much better!
don't be sorry!! its fucked up, but not more fucked up than the rest of my shit has been lately. i'm a drama magnet.
Well,hopefully your remaining 6 weeks fly by quickly and without incident.Living next to drug users be it even alcohol is horrible,especially when you have kids its not the atmosphere you want.My neighbors that share the same floor as me are drunk college sluts,not violent but gads!Uber fucking annoying to say the least.
I'm sorry that this happened! This is downright bullsh*t. Glad you are getting out of there! :)
Take Care Jenny!
CAT
Wow! Good thing you guys are moving... and honestly, Orleans isn't *that* bad of a commute. If you're travelling by car it gives you a chance to listen to some music, if by bus, some time to read a book!
I saw that you mentioned this on Twitter too. That's fucking scary. I'd get the hell out of there!
Wow, that's awful. Yeah, you definitely need to get out of there...
Orleans isn't so bad, if you time the commute right and miss rush hour. I have lots of friends who live there, and they do just fine.
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