This is a weekly blog post that I'm calling Apartment Hell Life. I've mentioned a few times some of the crazy things that go on in and around my apartment complex in the past 24 years that we've lived here and people keep telling me I should write a book. But instead of a book, I've decided to share the crazy things that have happened in and around my apartment complex in the last 24 years here in a weekly blog post.
On Tuesday I noticed some of the homeless people setting up camp at the end of the street near the chain link fence. They draped sheets and blankets over the fence and had their carts and belongings on either side of it.
I enlarged the picture so you could see it better. They stayed there for a couple of days and then they were gone. I had walked down that way when I was walking Falcor and they always kept to themselves. I've never had a problem with most of the homeless people around here.
I noticed that maintenance boarded up a broken window in the now vacant apartment where the man passed away last week. It got broke out at some point. I guess they don't want anyone breaking in.
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I was talking with a lady from the end of the street when she was out walking her 5 small dogs. Falcor had fun with her dogs. She asked if someone else had owned Falcor before because a red headed man used to walk him. I said that was my husband. She gave me her condolences about his passing last year and then told me that she and her husband moved here from Tennessee a couple of years ago. And that 4 months after they moved here, her husband was murdered down there *She pointed towards where she lives at the end of the street* I had no idea. This was the first time I had talked to her. I don't know what happened exactly, but dang.
The high this week was 108F/42C
So that's it for this week's Apartment Hell Life! Be sure to come back next week for more.
That high temperature is ugly.
ReplyDeleteThat poor woman. To move and just four months later to lose her husband in such a cruel way...
I was shocked. It's horrible.
DeleteThese high temps are horrid aren't they? I can't imagine what it must be like to lose someone in such a horrific way like that. Hope you are well.
ReplyDeleteI can't either. It's awful.
DeleteI imagine it was a bit stunning to hear how someone nearby had been murdered.
ReplyDeleteWhen I see homeless people, I am always so grateful to have a home. I can't imagine living outside in the elements.
I feel bad for the homeless but I understand why they aren't at the shelters. I've heard they are bad here.
DeleteHi, Mary!
ReplyDeleteI wasn't aware that you lost your husband last year, dear friend. I am so sorry. That conversation between you and the neighbor lady walking her dogs took a turn that most of us find shocking, but it's understandable that, after 24 years of living on that block, you were more surprised that you didn't know about the murder of her husband than you were about the act itself.
I'm glad to see that the temperature in your vicinity has plunged to a comfortable 108. Geesh! It's as if you are living on the surface of the sun. At what point in the year can you expect the average daytime high to fall back into double digits? I agree with Ann. I can't imagine the extreme discomfort endured by homeless people exposed to the elements all year round, in addition to the threat of violent attack on the street. We all need to count our blessings.
Have a wonderful week, dear friend Mary!
Thank you. Ken passed away 9 months ago. He found out he had stage 4 cancer early in 2020 and it had spread too far for the radiation and chemo to help.
DeleteI felt bad for the lady after hearing that she lost her husband in such a horrible way.
It will start to cool down a bit in October. I feel bad for all the homeless I see around here. But I see a lot of them going to the drug apartments around here. I've seen so many of them passed out after doing the drugs and that's just sad.
How terrible he was murdered right after they moved there! That is so sad.
ReplyDeleteWith our heat index, we were 107 yesterday. That is way too hot.
That is too hot. I was shocked that she lost her husband like that.
DeleteI don't know if you told us before, but what is that big fence actually there for?
ReplyDeleteThey put the fence there when they were going to make that stretch of the hiking trail a dog park. But it fell through for some reason and the fence stayed.
DeleteHer husband was murdered four months after moving in? That's shocking. And presumably he was still relatively young.
ReplyDeleteHard to imagine a temperature of 42. Temperature in Belfast right now is a maximum of 17. I was in Melbourne once with a temperature of 40 and that was pretty unbearable.
It's hot. We try to do a lot of the errands after the sun goes down or before it comes up. Thankfully most stores here are open until midnight or some are 24/7.
DeleteI was shocking to learn that she lost her husband in that way.
Oh dear. It’s hard to know what to say when someone drops news like that.
ReplyDeleteWe kind of bonded over both of us losing our husbands. We were talking about coping without them being here.
DeleteFor real, Bijoux. We were joking around with our banker about Covid and she mentioned her husband had gotten it sometime back. I said that I hope he's feeling better and she deadpan looked up and said, "Well no, he's dead." Needless to say, all of the humor we had going flew right out the window at that point. All I could think to say was a few condolences.
DeleteYes homelessness is quite an issue. I find myself humoring the ones that come to live in my building and even got to know a few by name.
ReplyDeleteI say hi to some of the more friendly ones. I had one homeless guy bark at my dog this morning. That was new.
DeleteFirst off, that's way too hot. I would melt. Nope, I like cold weather which is why I simply can't wait for the day when I get to leave Oklahoma. Second, four months... I thought I had bad luck. Jesus, that poor woman.
ReplyDeleteIt's hot here in the Summer but Winter is rather mild and I don't have to worry about hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes for the most part or many other things that happen in a lot of other parts of the country.
DeleteI felt so bad for her when she told me that.
Pretty sad, IMO. 😏🤷♂️
ReplyDeleteIt really is.
DeleteI'm pretty sure I would have been very shocked if someone told me that. I wouldn't know what to say right away. I feel for both of you for the losses of your husbands.
ReplyDeleteThank you. We were talking about coping after losing our husbands.
DeleteWow! Poor woman. One of the police activities you posted may have been about that situation. And I too, had no idea your husband's passing was only a year ago. You have my heartfelt condolences.
ReplyDeleteThank you. He had stage 4 lung cancer. I was thinking the same thing. One of the times that I saw a lot of police down the street could have been the time it happened. I feel so bad for her.
DeleteThat really is sad about that ladies husband being killed. Maybe you've made a new friend.
ReplyDeleteYeah it really is.
DeleteWow, how awful to have your husband murdered! And only 4 months after arriving to a new place. Poor lady.
ReplyDeleteI know. I felt bad for her.
DeleteHow awful. That poor lady.
ReplyDeleteI am sorry to learn about this lady. She has had some rough months.
yeah she did.
DeleteYour town terrifies me.
ReplyDeleteI know. It's crazy here.
Delete108 is way too hot! And how sad about that lady's husband.
ReplyDeleteIt is hot but at least it's not 118. It is sad about that lady's husband.
DeleteOMG about the Lady from Tennessee having her Husband Murdered there so soon after moving in, that would have made me relocate immediately! The fact she remained is more the mystery really, I can't imagine the area has good Memories for her to live with! There are more Homeless evident since Pandemic around the City and even some Rural areas now. A lot have now moved under large Palo Verde or Mesquite Groves of Trees and set up House under the cover of the hanging branches, which on vacant lots can touch the ground, but be tent like underneath the Branches and provide privacy, shade and cover. I'd like to say most don't bother anyone but too many are high risk to commit crimes to support themselves or hang out near businesses and harass customers for handouts... or sleep at the Bus Stops so that nobody feels safe trying to wait there for the City Buses. I know they have to BE somewhere, I've been Homeless once so I'm not without compassion, but it can be so dirty when they wreck where they've been and leave behind so much garbage, their drug paraphernalia, so most neighborhoods don't want them around... especially if crime increases due to their presence.
ReplyDeleteI can understand all of that about the homeless.
DeleteI don't know why she didn't move. Maybe she doesn't have the money or the family to help her.
Pretty quiet week, uh? 😉
ReplyDelete"and then told me that she and her husband moved here from Tennessee a couple of years ago. And that 4 months after they moved here, her husband was murdered"
That's horrible. I wonder why she didn't leave the place. Maybe she feels him near in a way.
42C? 🥵 I don't know about here, but we're pretty much dying. Probably near to that.
Yeah for the most part it's been quiet. I don't know why she didn't move, I didn't ask.
DeleteYeah, it's hot. Hot by you too.
I love an interesting neighborhood. We have some exciting things around here. That is sad about your Neighbors husband.
ReplyDeleteThat is WAY to hot! I sweat just thinking about it.
Have a great week, Mary! Happy Reading!
Oh my neighborhood is always exciting. It is sad about my neighbor.
DeleteIt's really hot here in the Summer time.
Oh that is horrible and sad
ReplyDeleteIt really is.
Delete"murdered". Oh my. that poor woman!
ReplyDeletethat's too hot for me...
I felt so bad for her. It's too hot for me and I live here. lol
DeleteOh, wow - crazy to hear that someone was murdered down the road and you didn't even know it. How sad!
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It was probably one of those instances that I saw a bunch of police but didn't know what happened.
DeleteIt pretty sad all the homeless people. But price of place is out of this world.
ReplyDeleteCoffee is on and stay safe
Yeah it really is.
DeleteOh... Poor woman...
ReplyDeleteI know.
DeleteWow, sad all around. That woman's story was shocking. Damn, stories all around...
ReplyDeleteIt really was. I was not prepared for that.
DeleteSo horrible and sad
ReplyDeleteI agree.
DeleteFirst of all (((((((HUGS))))))) ❤
ReplyDeleteIt's weird how serious things happen and nothing is ever said about it. It's gotten to the point where shootings aren't even mentioned in the news reports around here. I wouldn't even know about them (other than hearing gunshots) if I wasn't in a Facebook group for my side of town. 😐
I still am hoping a safer neighborhood is in your future at some point. 😔
Thank you. I appreciate that.
DeleteThey are almost never reported on the news here either.