Posted by kara lynne on November 10, 2003, at 2:02:25
In reply to Re: My safety feels threatened, need advice. » kara lynne, posted by Larry Hoover on November 9, 2003, at 9:29:27
Hi lar,
I wrote this somewhere else you're liable to read it, but since you *asked* I'll use the opportunity to post an update here.I'm afraid the landlord may have made it worse by confronting them again--the punks took the bench from one side of the house (where they weren't supposed to be smoking at all) and moved it to the other side of the house where I had politely asked if they could smoke a little further away from my window. Well after the landlord got to them they took the bench and placed it as absolutely close to my window as you could get without actually being in my apartment. I got the courage up to take my trash out to my own dumpster today (I've actually been taking it other places to avoid seeing them) and there was an ashtray on the table with about 40 cigarettes in it. Suffice to say they aren't doing me any favors--if they were ever going to. But now they're really going to mess with me.
I spent the day trying to improve the Feng Shui in this room to see if I can affect anything from the inside out. I don't have very much to go on except I know the desk shouldn't face away from the door (so I moved it) and I think it's good to have a mirror in front of the wall we share so their energy is deflected. Either that or I've got it all wrong and invited all sorts of bad juju upon myself.
Thanks for the suggestions about not giving into the fear--I know I've got to do that. I had to get past the part where my body was literally reacting like it was in mortal danger when I anticipated seeing one of them. I don't want to smell like fearful prey...
But seeing that bench there today pis*ed me off something good. And when I'm mad I can muster up some pretty good strength. I'm planning to inform the landlord that they moved the bench ridiculously close to the window I asked them to avoid smoking in. It should never have been on the other side of the building to begin with if signs had to be put up not to sit on it. But they could have *easily* moved it in the opposite direction on the other side and all would have been well. Plus it would have been a good faith move on their part. Hah. What am I drinking?
thanks, and more to you later.
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