I was in bed all weekend. I had my earaches and sore throat to thank for that. I did however realize that an elephant moved in upstairs. I don’t mean a big girl or guy either I literally mean an elephant. It wasn’t just 2 oversized stomps on my ceiling but 4. How is that possible? Sometimes I hear 5 and I am thinking it could be the trunk hitting the ground, or possibly river dancing either way I am going with the elephant theory. I have never really run into this problem before so I am not sure how to handle it. One thought was to take a broom like they do on old black and white comedies and hit the ceiling but then the white chalk with fall down and it will look like I have a bad case of dandruff. My second was to walk up there and knock on there door and politely ask them to chill. My third was to deal until I am so overwhelmed with annoyance that when I see them I will want to attack. Okay it’s a good thing I am heavy sleeper and I have a great amount of patience. I ignored it and I am hoping it’s just a phase. I hate confrontation so I will give the elephant 1 week to stop. If this keeps going maybe JC or AL could go up there and pretend to be my boyfriend and ask them to stop. LOL I will keep you posted.
Saturday was my big outing from 1-4 and it was the North Park Center Shoes that Rock. Melanie the winner was sweet and everyone showed up so it was so much fun. I did get distracted for about 15 minutes which was just long enough to let the lady at the Loreal makeup counter freshen up my makeup. My mom always told me that if you feel bad try to look good it will help you feel better.
Sunday I had lunch with the family and I would like to go on record saying they can be really great. This was one of those moments. Tanner bought a new POS truck but he is proud of it and he can save money this way.
Dianthe thank you! You pretty much ROCK! She remembered me asking for cotton candy so when she went to the art festival she picked me up some. YAY I love it! It’s my Monday morning breakfast and only 2 calories LOL.
Saturday was my big outing from 1-4 and it was the North Park Center Shoes that Rock. Melanie the winner was sweet and everyone showed up so it was so much fun. I did get distracted for about 15 minutes which was just long enough to let the lady at the Loreal makeup counter freshen up my makeup. My mom always told me that if you feel bad try to look good it will help you feel better.
Sunday I had lunch with the family and I would like to go on record saying they can be really great. This was one of those moments. Tanner bought a new POS truck but he is proud of it and he can save money this way.
Dianthe thank you! You pretty much ROCK! She remembered me asking for cotton candy so when she went to the art festival she picked me up some. YAY I love it! It’s my Monday morning breakfast and only 2 calories LOL.
posted by Taylor at 8:14 AM
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I had the same problem when I lived in an apartment. There were a couple of nights that the elephants came out at 1:00,2:00 in the morning during spring break. When it got to the point that I couldn't stand it anymore, I finally convinced myself to go upstairs and let those people have it. I went over in my mind what I was going to say, but it turned out to be a lot more polite when I actually said it. I basically said "I am Amanda...I am from the apartment downstairs...you are making an awful lot of noise and I have three children alseep. Not to mention, I have to get sleep in order to function for my JOB!! If you could please keep it down, I would greatly appreciate it!" The lady apologized and I didn't hear a peep from then until I moved out. I took me getting so riled up that I couldn't stand it anymore to do somehtbing about it though. I called the office at my apartments to give them a "what if" scenario of my situation - just in case it happened again and they told me to call the security guard next time. Just a word of advice, don't do the 'ole broom stick deal...it just causes them to make even more noise. Trust me, I have been there:)
Yeah, unfortunately I've been on both sides (well, I guess floors) of the situation. Right after my wife and I got married, we lived in a downstairs apartment, under a single mom and her 8 year old son. Every night it sounded like he was practicing for the Olympic triple-jump competition!
When I was in college, I lived above a less-than-polite man and his wife who would yell and curse and call the police if he heard the slightest creak coming from our apartment! He threatened my life on several occasions. He never cared to discuss it with me face-to-face.
Let me tell you, good communication is the key! I think you'll be surprised how maturely most people will respond to your concerns.
I live below an elephant too! She gets up at 5:30 every morning and stomps around right above me until she leaves for work. By the time my alarm goes off at 6:30 I am WIDE awake. Its starting to get old.
~Lindsay B
OMG! Taylor, do you live with me and I don't know it? My upstairs neighbor is the same way!! It is SOOOO irritating. I swear he is a river dancing Savion Glover!! Plus he looks like the Predator character from the movie "Predator". I hate him and I hate yours for you! :)
Hey Taylor, well I have some advice for the whole elephant neighbor. I just went through the same thing a few months ago, I asked several times "politely" and they totally ignored me. Finally, I just couldn't take it anymore I got so mad I called the cops, they suggested that I put something in writing asking them to keep the noise level down from the hours of 10:00pm-8:00am and send it to the neighbors by "registered mail" that way if it continues then I can go to the landlord and have proof that I asked politely with no response, this way the landlord can handle it from then on and you won't have to deal with the drama of being the complaining neighbor. This totally worked for me and hopefully it'll work for you! I still moved out though b/c the apartments were kinda "ghetto". You're totally my favorite on the show, you and your mom remind me of me and my mother, it's CRAZY!
I think Big Al needs to come check on your elephant problem in his Wordy Birdie outfit. This would mske a good bit. But i do hope your problem stops.
I don't know what cotton candy you're eating, but it is NOT only 2 calories. More like 130 calories PER serving or so.
Cotton candy has way more than two calories...I love you Taylor...But that was just dumb. The worst part about it is the fact that all the calories come from sugar, making them carbohydrates. Not exactly a good breakfast.
Hey Taylor,
Well, there are enough F's used in the previous post, so I will try not to use any in mine. Unlike the others, I thin@ you and JC make great additions to the show. I think you're doing a great job, and look @orward to hearing you on the show every morning.
I live in an upstairs apt with two boys that are 12, and 9. It's hard to keep the boys @rom being rowdy, but do make an e@@ort to keep things settled down. I'm not sure how things sound downstairs, the family below probably @eel the same as you. We're not bad people, don't intentionally make a lot o@ noise, and i@ someone came up and asked us to keep it down, I wouldn't be o@@ended at all. We've lived here @or 1.5 years, no knock at the door, yet. It could be that we don't make a lot o@ noise though.
Anonymous SHUT UP! Of course I know it's more than 2 calories. I was being sarcastic. If you have such a problem with me then stop taking 5 minutes out of your day to worry about me. Stop reading my blog if you feel the need to be so mean to me because you are unhappy in your own world.
Taylor... anonymous ISN't somebody's name... it is an anonymous poster.
I know that is hard for you to understand, but you can't address somebody as anonymous.
You saying cotton candy being 2 calories was a joke... sounds very uh... ignorant? You were caught saying something dumb, so just admit to it.
Hey ANONYMOUS and MEG! How about this for a concept? MAYBE TAYLOR WAS BEING SARCASTIC??? Jeez people, lighten the hell up!
Hey Mel C...
Did you just copy and paste what Taylor JUST said??
Do you always put out what others have put out before you?
Do you have a life or any opinions of your own?
May I suggest ear plugs. You can live below 10 elephants and it won't matter! Problem solved
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