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 have gone on in and around my apartment complex and in my neighborhood in the past 27 years that I'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 27 years here in a weekly blog post.
On Sunday last week my neighbor saw a lot of smoke coming out from an apartment 3 doors away from mine. They asked if everything was ok and they told her that yes, the kitchen caught fire but they were able to put it out with the fire extinguishers. They were sitting outside until the smoke cleared out. I don't know if they meant the kitchen or a pan in the kitchen because they don't speak a lot of English. But it's a good thing management provides a fire extinguisher in each apartment.
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Fires are scary. Last year when this fire happened across the street it spread really fast. And as you can see this apartment is still all boarded up. It's been a year already, you would think they would fix the apartment so they can rent it and make more money.
The black smoke damage can still be seen from the boarded up back window. But it took more than 2 years before my apartment managers fixed up the fire damaged apartment across from me when it happened almost 5 years ago. So who knows when this one will get fixed.
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The police tactical vehicle has been in my area a lot. I see the truck driving up and down my street all the time. At least they're around if something happens I guess.
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My grandson started 7th grade this past Monday. He's here with my daughter.
And this is his father. His dad is 6'8". I have a feeling my grandson is going to be tall like his dad since he's already just a hair taller than my daughter.
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Some Updates
My brother who I told you tried to commit suicide is out of the hospital and doing better.
The elderly man across the street is still in the hospital but his wife said he's doing better.
My elderly neighbor who spent a week in the hospital is home and I talked to him to see how he was doing. He told me that he has bone cancer and got sick from the cancer treatments and that's what ended him in the hospital for a week.
Crazy guy is still out walking around yelling at the tree's and had a stick he was ninja fighting an imaginary foe the other morning.
I took Falcor out for a walk and one of the homeless women was behind a large palm tree in front of the office. I didn't know why she was leaning over until I walked past her and realized she had her pants down around her ankles and was bent over going to the bathroom right out there in the open not caring who saw her. She said, "Hi Falcor." As we walked by and then said hello to me and didn't even try to cover herself or stand up. I was already committed to going and figured if she didn't care, why should I so I didn't make eye contact with her and said 'Mornin' and kept walking.
The homeless people used to have a blanket set up behind the fence by the freeway where they could go behind the blanket and go to the bathroom but I've now seen this woman bare-assed out in the open not giving a damn if anyone saw her going to the bathroom at least 5 times. So if it doesn't bother her who am I to be embarrassed. Seeing this woman's bare ass hanging out behind the tree was not on my Bingo card for this week though, I'll tell ya that much.
The high this week was 111F/43C
The low this week was 83F/28C
So that's it for this week's Apartment Hell Life! Be sure to come back next week for more.
