Basking in the Quiet of the Neighborhood
I must say that I enjoyed being at home all day yesterday. Not, because I had a lot of things to do around the house and wanted to do them or because I had no place to go. The day was enjoyable because no noise. All day long the neighborhood kids were quiet. It was ghost town quiet. For a minute I thought that they all went back to school then I realized it was Saturday. It is funny how when people come to visit me they always think that this neighborhood is quiet. I tell them come back on a weekend afternoon and tell me if you still think so. In the summer I tell them come back around noon. I always get the "you must be lying" look but I am not. Granted when we first moved here, more years then I want to remember, there were less kids around and it was more quiet. Now, that has changed. More kids moved in and more noise moved in too. Some days I would almost give anything for double pane windows that they say keeps out some of the noise, so I have been told every time I looked at a house for sale.I am not sure if it is true or not. I think the one time I lived in a house with them I didn't notice too much of a difference. But, I could be wrong. I would be willing to give it a try though.
Today so far so good in the noise category. So far it is 2:28 pm and nobody has been outside screaming and hollering or arguing or playing in the street dodging cars driving down the street and no adults have been out cackling to the top of their collective lungs. It is funny because when we moved over here for the first year or so it was not the kids making all the noise it was the adults. One house in particular where on any given day someone was outside screaming at another person about how that person had done them some kind of wrong and before you know it someone had called the cops and they had to handle whatever was the problem.
But, now it has changed for the most part. That house still has loud arguments between people outside and inside and once in a while the cops are called but for the most part they have taken a chill pill. Knock on wood.
Well, today I think I might venture outside myself and bask in the quietness. Maybe find something good to photograph on the block. I would love to take my mom with me but her meds have her sleeping right now so I know I can't go far or for too long and I won't. Probably only get as far as the front porch but that's fine with me.
Today so far so good in the noise category. So far it is 2:28 pm and nobody has been outside screaming and hollering or arguing or playing in the street dodging cars driving down the street and no adults have been out cackling to the top of their collective lungs. It is funny because when we moved over here for the first year or so it was not the kids making all the noise it was the adults. One house in particular where on any given day someone was outside screaming at another person about how that person had done them some kind of wrong and before you know it someone had called the cops and they had to handle whatever was the problem.
But, now it has changed for the most part. That house still has loud arguments between people outside and inside and once in a while the cops are called but for the most part they have taken a chill pill. Knock on wood.
Well, today I think I might venture outside myself and bask in the quietness. Maybe find something good to photograph on the block. I would love to take my mom with me but her meds have her sleeping right now so I know I can't go far or for too long and I won't. Probably only get as far as the front porch but that's fine with me.
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