That makes it even tougher, Seska. Well, the girl will be off to school, soonish, and that may make a world of difference.

P.S. I am totally on the side of you taking care of yourself.

I have become old and cranky. the girlfriend of my neighbor's son likes to park in front of my house. she spends the night there, then sneaks away with the first light of dawn. i know this because i am usually coming home and getting ready for bed right about then. she park in front of my house because i am usually at work when she arrives (late at night). This time, she parked in exactly such a way as to take up 2.5 parking spaces and prevent me from parking in front of my house. it's amazing, had she moved either forward or back a single foot, i coudl have wedged my compact car into either space. I parked across the street. it's all of 20 feet more to walk. Yet, it made me very cranky so i left a note under her windshield: "please don't take up two full parking spaces with your one car. not appreciated. thanks."

Is that too bitchy? Should i pull it or replace it before she comes out?

I thought the ending of your post was going to involve you complaining to your neighbour. So I don't think the idea is bitchy. Maybe reword it, though. I don't know what she's like.

it's barely worth a thought, except that i am cranky and her parking job sucks. i wouldn't confront anyone f2f over such an issue, but lo i am passive aggressive and sleep deprived and want other people to be considerate. is that so much to ask? (yes, yes i know it is. *sigh*) i don't know what she's like either, just see her fleeing to her car in the morning with her head tucked low, then speeding off like the devil were chasing after her. total walk of shame.

eta: i have never spoken to the gal, all of my ruminations on her relationship with anyone in my neighbor's house is 100% speculation.

She deserves a bit of bitching, erin_o, but maybe replace the "not appreciated" with, "it would really help" or something.

Just got some more details from the veterinary clinic. What they didn't tell Daniel or me yesterday, was that while the blood work was normal, there had been some blood in the UA. So Harvey really does have a UTI, but we managed to catch it at the very start. So the clavamox tablets were not given just to make me feel like I'd got something for all the money spent on lab work.

eh, nevermind. the aggressive side of me that wanted to walk up, knock on the front door, and ask the owner of the red kia to move her car 12 inches so that this broken-footed night shifter could park ifo her own hs (damnit) was defeated by the non-confrontational wuss who pulled the note and threw it away, hoping that the driver will notice the the white honda usu parked ifo my house is across the street and realize how crappy her parking job was and never ever do it again.

next time i shall have something more witty prepared. possibly printed up on nice stationery.

Buy some chalk and draw in some parking space lines?

Erin, I say leave the note next time.

Gronk. Neither TCG nor I ended up getting much sleep last night, and my head is pounding.

next time i shall have something more witty prepared.

A note is fine but killing with kindness tends to work better than passive aggression. People will mirror so mentioned that it would really be appreciated will likely change her behavior faster than shaming. It can even be fun, so win/win.

I was wearing no metal beyond minimal jewelry and an underwire. Why did I trip the security? I mean, went fine when I redid it but, yo, that machine was sensitive.