I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant.
So my workouts have been on kind of a semi-pause. For one, I’ve been in and out of town the last two weeks. And for two, it’s fucking cold here. I’ve got enough joint ailments in my body already, and trying to lubricate and warm them up enough to go on a 45-minute run is no picnic. I’ve been doing the P90X (Tony Horton is kind of a douche) in my house, but I think my neighbors hate me. I have to abide by the quiet hours of my apartment community, which means I can’t jump around and be all BRING IT! past 10pm or before 8am.
Yes, you read that right. We have quiet hours.
And apparently I violated them. I got a letter from the office people (dated June 6, when I didn’t even live here) about 3 weeks after I moved in reminding me to abide the quiet hours as set forth in my lease. So basically, one of my a-hole neighbors reported me as an obnoxious noisemaker. I have never in my life received a noise violation; not even when I lived in the dorms (well, let’s just say I never kept anyone up that didn’t want to be kept awake). I wracked my brain trying to figure out when exactly I had a party in the three weeks I’d been here so far: Let’s see, first two weeks were spent in Turkey, so I wasn’t even physically in my apartment; the third week I had jet lag and spent about 18 hours a day sleeping, waking up between the hours of 2pm and 7pm to eat, check my email, and fall asleep reading. So you know, wild times here at my place.
Anyway, now I think my neighbors are trying to “out loud” me by stomping around and slamming doors and playing loud music. Like they’re trying to bother me or something. I don’t think they realize how passive aggressive I am and that I really don’t care. I happily ignore it and don’t mind it, but if they want to play games I have no problem with watching “Pearl Harbor” at 8 am Saturday morning (not violating the quiet hours!) with the sound cranked up just so I can feel the full effect of the battle in the harbor and feel the realism. Which is what home theaters are for.
Did I mention I have a 10-inch subwoofer?
