Window Listening

Behind this building is the parking lot. In the morning when people talk in the parking lot where the majority of the tenants park I can hear them near my window. Usually, they meet by the dumpster, coming and going dumping trash and  chatting. I was thinking to myself after I overheard some of these conversations that the hot spot of  this building is the trash bin. I need to hang out in the parking lot more. I have heard conversations about kids, moving and jobs. I especially can keep up on the moving of people because the building manager's back door is not far from the trash bin and she is usually outside at the crack of dawn when her babysitting kids come and so she see's people and talks to people a lot. I learned that a woman in the next building was having a baby and since she and her husband were renting a one bedroom and had a toddler and had been renting here or in the other building for over 2 years I was thinking that they will be moving soon with the baby on the way. Since the baby is due in January I knew that the move would take place sooner then later. I was right. Last weekend I saw them from the window loading up their car with tons of boxes containing clothes and toys. The had a moving truck around the corner closer to their front door and in a few hours they were moved. Kind of sad because I did talk to her, the wife, every now and then. But, we didn't meet at the trash bin nearly enough. I am wondering who will take their place in the one bedroom and how long they will stay. 

Since I have been here I have seen about six people come and go. I don't know how they are finding affordable places to go in this market in this area but I guess they are a lot richer then I am or they are moving further out. I don't know but they have come and they have gone. 

I think that I will probably over hear the next person's story when they move in from the window where they talk by the trash bin. I almost feel like this woman on this show that I used to watch called 227 back in the day when this woman would hang out of the window and she would hear and know everyone's business. I think her name was Pearl. Well, I am not hanging out of the window but I can hear cause these walls and windows are thin.