A story...

My neighbors are moving. Their stuff is all packed up and they'll be officially out later this week. I'm bummed. While we weren't super close or anything, the hubs and I liked them and they were fun and most importantly, we trusted them. But they're leaving and it sucks a bit.

Now for a story...

A few weeks back, I was in the kitchen looking out at our front yard. I had heard a child's voice which isn't so unusual as our neighborhood is filled with children. I went by the window to take a look and saw a little boy around 5/6 playing in our yard. I didn't recognize the boy at all. Didn't think much of it. Went back after a few minutes to take another look and see this boy running up in our flowers and plants. I feel myself getting twitchy. I then see his mom standing and watching him. I get a little more twitchy. The boy then picks up these branches (my fault, I was too lazy to rake) that are lined with little berries. He then proceeds to take all the berries off and scatter them in our yard. There must be at least 80 damn berries. And his mother is just watching. She then comes into our yard and peeks around by our fence. I cleared my throat. She looked startled. Damn right, you're in my frickin yard. She then looks up at me and says, "oh, do you mind? He was playing with the sticks... Do you want them back?" I said, "no, I don't want the branches back, it's just that your son made a bit more of a mess than it needed to be."
I was doing my best not to sound too bitchy. My fuse is not very long, but I've been trying to not let things bother me when I know they shouldn't bother me *that* much.

The whole thing got me irritated for a bunch of reasons. I didn't understand letting your kid make a mess in someone's yard and not doing a damn thing, either telling them no or at least cleaning up after him. I didn't understand a adult coming into our yard and nosing around. It was just a weird and irritating situation for me.

So as I was saying, our neighbors are moving. Guess who our new neighbors are? Yup, the lady in the story above. I realize one encounter doesn't make anything and I also realize I may have been irrationally annoyed from what had happened. We shall see what this brings. All I know is that I'm really bummed my old neighbors are leaving.

Off to go relax with Baby L... Felt like crap yesterday and today Took me a little bit to realize I have mastitis. Got some antibiotics and still waiting for them to kick in.