So.....a giant fracas broke next door around 3am. Hollering, accusing, cursing, door bashing and slamming each other into the floor and walls. Fortunately we were able to hear with complete clarity what the fighting was about. Short version is that we ended up calling the trouble line for our management company and, at their request, the police. Sigh..... We have been determined to be as accepting and supportive of our actual “name on the lease” tenant, but her safety was in question and so we were forced to pick up the phone and start making calls. Our prayer is that she has been able to permanently evict the two freeloaders who have been causing all the trouble for the past two months, two people living there unbeknownst to the leasing office, however I suspect it is unlikely. We are praying for the safety of all of us who live in this unit. The one young man who she tossed out at 6am is likely to return and he will not be happy. My husband and I are praying this young gal will be able to stay in university and rise above her apparent circumstances in life. Standing up for herself and taking control of her own suite will be difficult for her because of her cultural background.
At 9:30am we decided we had better get ourselves to the grocery stores for a handful of grocery items we need just in case other people here heard the news about the panic buying in Calgary, leaving grocery shelves completely empty at many stores. Sure enough.....while not yet at the level of panic buying happening in Calgary, the stores here were terribly crowded and there are many products beginning to disappear from the shelves here too. The clerks in the stores said yesterday was even worse for crowds. A fellow we met in a check out line showed us a video he had just taken at our Costco store of two women wrestling over the last available package of toilet paper. Good grief. As one of my friends said earlier this morning, panic buying makes even otherwise kind people totally selfish.
So, it is nearly noon and I have been awake for nine hours. I need a shower and clean hair and a nap and lunch and a 💤 nap and a 😴 nap and a nap! hahahahaha
Stay tuned for the next chapter in my boring, yet somehow still crazy life. hahahahaha
2 comments:
Your young neighbour is so lucky to have you looking out for her safety. As a parent of daughters who have lived on their own, all over the continent and internationally, I have worried (as you know). The expression, "It takes a village to raise a child", still applies when they are no longer in their village and are no longer a child.
For all the parents out there, "Thank you and God Bless!"
We just love this young woman. Not sure why, but we want this living situation to work for her. She is trying so hard to do well at school but the two characters living with her are dragging her down. Poor thing!
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