I've made it through another week, but my next door neighbor is driving me nuts.  I mentioned when I first met him that the walls are thin here, but have had to knock on his door past 10 pm about 8 times from July when he moved in until now for extremely loud singing, clapping, and music, and I've given him the benefit of the doubt a few times.

So when I arrived home on Tuesday night and could hear him and his girlfriend trying to open their door and failing for 15 minutes, I correctly assumed they'd locked themselves out and invited them in to wait for our constantly late super. We chatted for about 45 minutes and while he's young (26), I was hoping that I wouldn't have to do a repeat late door knock.  Nope.  Last night again he was creating so much noise that I swear he thinks he's the only person in the world.

Interestingly, he also claimed that he works and goes to school during the week.  Really?  Every day I've been home sick or working from home for the past 7 months, I hear him next door (and I know he can be quieter since there are days it's normal noise), along with every single night, so either he manages to create noise when he's "working" or "going to school" or he's a trust fund baby as I suspect. Most people who put in the equivalent of two jobs are not pumping their music at all hours of the day, and not going out at 10:30 pm on a Thursday. I'll give him credit for age playing a factor in stamina, since when I was 26 I could certainly hold longer hours than 8 years later, but there seems to be something fishy going on.

I really hope that when I was his age I wasn't as obnoxious.  In some ways I'm sure I was, but I've always tried to be a considerate neighbor and in my previous 3 apartments I've actually been on good terms with my neighbors.  I'm hoping that my invite when they were waiting (and letting our super crawl through my window to get into their apartment) will pay dividends, but I guess only time will tell.

In the meantime, it looks like I'll still be using my earplugs to sleep.