the nerve of some people...

the war is on... my neighbor above me has pissed me off something bad this time... i can over look his loud music, and thumping around like he's an elephant... i can ignore his being rude to everyone in the common hall... i can even excuse his stepping in front of my moving vehicle (but really, who sees someone turning into a parking lot, knowing they're doing their best to avoid oncoming traffic, and steps in front of them anyway?)... but messing with my laundry is the last straw... *note* this is kinda long...

so, this weekend, i was happily doing my laundry (it's kind of relaxing for me)... one load (load A) was in the dryer, and another load (load B) had just finished in the washer (because you know, the washing machine is always done before the dryer)... anyway, my apartment is located such that i can hear the status of the machines in the laundry room... so i heard the washer click off, and knew i had about 20 more minutes till i needed to go down to take A out of the dryer, put in B, and start a new load (load C)... all of the sudden, i heard this calamity out in the hall... thinking someone had fallen down the steps, i rushed to my door and looked out my peephole... well, i see elephant dude tromping around and on down in to the laundry room... no big deal, i think, he'll see that i'm doing laundry, and wait patiently like most normal people... so, after a while, i hear the dryer stop running... taking load C to the laundry room with me, i discover that sasquach has removed my clothes from the washer (B) and placed them on the dryer so he could wash a load of clothes... not something i would have done, but hey, no big deal... so i go ahead and put B in the dryer, noting the amount of time dude upstairs has left on the washer... i happily go back to my apartment fold the finished load, and wait for the washer to turn off... 5 minutes after the washer was finished, ogre hasn't gone down to collect/remove his clothes (perhaps he was waiting on the dryer to finish, exactly what i was doing with the load he removed for me)... so, unlike what i would normally do, i took his clothes out and placed them on the dryer, just as he had done with mine... and started washing load C... at this point, the washer and dryer have exactly the same amount of time on them... so i go on about my business for the next 20 or so minutes, and 3 minutes before the loads are to be done, i venture back to the laundry room, with load D... muscleheads clothes are still as i left them, and no sign (or sound) of him being there to check on them... so, i remove B from the dryer, put in C, and start washing D... when the washer for D cut off, i went back to the laundry room, and instead of waiting the extra 20 minutes on C to finish in the dryer, i thought i would be nice, and combine C and D in the dryer, and only add 10 minutes (instead of a full 40) so that the dryer would be open sooner... all in all saving 30 minutes... about 5 minutes before the dryer is scheduled to turn off, i start gathering my stuff to go collect my laundry, when i hear dude upstairs thundering down the steps... again, i look out my peephole (because i'm nosy) and watch him enter the laundry room... a few minutes later he emerges and stops by my door, kind of like a hesitation, but he smirked and went on... when i heard him in his apartment, i went to the laundry room to retrieve my final loads... when what do i see?? they've been removed from the dryer and placed on the floor!!! what the...??? and the time on the dryer reads 47 minutes (knowing that when you put your money in it only comes to 44 minutes and knowing that i should have still had a few minutes left on my time drying) i realize he's taken my clothes out of the dryer, before they were finished and put his stuff in!!! can you believe the nerve of some people??? who does this, really??? it wasn't his place to decide that my clothes were done... had the drying cycle been finished, and my clothes just sitting there, i might have understood, but stealing my drying time, and touching my clothes??? that's unspeakable... even now recounting the story, it makes my blood boil... and it was pretty risky on his part... there are a number of things i could have done to his clothes, but i didn't... but i'm tempted... i still have to live there for a month... and i don't want to do anything to piss him off and make him retaliate... he just better hope i'm cooled down about this by the time i move out... very grrr...

so yeah... that was my weekend...

yesterday, i had a pedicure... it was really nice... and now my feet are sandal ready, and ready for the BEACH!!! i can hardly wait till tomorrow... yay for finally getting to see chris!!! and the BEACH!!! and drink "slushee" drinks... yeah... *sigh* i'm ready to escape the snow...