I was actually
trying to mow the lawns. She has a habit of bailing me up at just the wrong moments while I'm trying to loose myself in washing my car. You know the sort of thing, soap or chemical drying on the paint while making pointless small talk about pointless things........:nomore:
The bad interactions people have with their neighbors I find baffling. You know the sort of thing............"he always mows the lawn too early".............."their tree drops leaves on my driveway".............."his fence is too short"............. For me, when I'm at home I have no interest in knowing what the neighbors are doing, where they are going or even talking to them let along having petty arguments about trivial matters. I'm not rude to them and I generally give a friendly wave, but beyond that I like to be left alone.
That was/is me for the last couple of days, the dread of returning really crippled the last time I had to myself. My mother always said to me that the best thing about a vacation is the anticipation leading up to it.
And that's another thing people can't comprehend...........spending money on my car/s beyond fueling and servicing them. I always say that everyone 'something' they pour money into, be that booze, expensive trips around the world, gardening, sport...........you get the point. The idea of spending thousands of dollars on stuff to clean my car is completely idiotic to most. Those same people spend money on cases of wine or beer, to me that is more wasteful........literally when you think about where it ends up going!
A little more back story to this neighbor. I have lived next to these people for decades. He was a science and math teacher at one of the local high schools, she an emergency department triage. Both retired many years ago, and both therefore always have the time for a chat or suggesting a mid-week catch up over wine. They were both very generous people, always willing to offer help.
He sadly passed away a couple of years ago from liver cancer, most likely from his over generous consumption of red wine. He would generally always give me a wave or come over while I was detailing, he loved gadgets.
She on other hand is very good at telling me what I should be doing, where I should be going, who I should be talking to and what I should be trying. She actually took it upon herself to enroll me in a photography group once when she found out I quite liked photography, without even asking me beforehand. I managed to get out of it, but that really ticked me off. And the suggestions for mid week neighborhood get-togethers annoy the crap out of me, the last thing I want to do after being at work all day dealing with people is to spend the night making small talk. She has her heart in the right place but it gets too much sometimes.
Aren't I a nice person.