I got the other apartment that I really like, yey! I wished for a beach house but the beaches here are not commercialized, so there's no internet, cell phone reception, and electricity. I can't have it all you know. So for now, I have to live close to civilization because I live off the internet. My new place is quite bigger than my current, I just realized as I don't really have much stuff to move there. I was a nomad and now it's taking forever to start my life over... mind you, it's quite hard to be civilized ei! Modern society is making it damn hard for me but when it finally collapses, I hope I'm still here. I have gotten used to life as a series of start overs.
The apartment has a big front yard for Feliz (my cat) and is surrounded by trees. But don't expect that nice typical house with a nice front lawn. It's actually like living in the Amazon jungle so God knows what kind of wild animals might visit me at night...but hey, the most important thing is that the new place has fast internet connection and electricity, amazing isn't it? Brave new world huh.
What I want in life is really simple - I just want to wake up in the morning after a good night's sleep, have a cup of coffee and breathe in peace. Is it too much to ask these days? A simple kind of life. So I can say hey society - I'm in control of my own life now. Nature makes me feel relaxed with all the things that I have been doing. And now I can also learn gardening and grow my own food. I have been wanting to do that but I just didn't have the opportunity. Now it's time to make the change! Yes, now.
Next week, I can happily leave my current place and say goodbye to all the neighborhood cockerels and other noise. I will have that much needed silence. Finally, everything seems right. What could possibly go wrong this time?
The other day as I was fixing something in the new place, I noticed the presence of a cage with the dreaded noisy red fowls right in front of the apartment. It wasn't there before so I asked the landlord why are there roosters placed in front of my place suddenly? He said that those are my neighbor's. Don't get me wrong - definitely not the roosters' fault. I have nothing against them, humans are the evil ones usually. I asked him many times if there are noisy chickens very close to my place because it would be so hard for me to sleep. He said none. When I wake up in the middle of the night, it would be hard for me to go back to sleep. I don't know, it seems like a lot has a changed after my travels. Little things used to not bother me that much, I think I got sold...I'm a grumpy cat lady now, ha!
My neighbor talked to me and he said that his fowls are not noisy. But I don't really buy that. I'm not really a fan of death metal roosters, their music seems to have power over me these days. He said his 2 dogs are noisier and that I might not be able to stay longer in the new apartment. I mean like what the hell...who is he to make such prediction? But I talked to him nicely like a nice 
The thing is, it's not even part of his land. I believe he might be good friends with the landlord. He might have asked to place his pets in my front yard - of all places. It might sound weird to you I know but things like this happen in the countryside.
So now he made me aware of his 2 dogs at the back and they bark all the time. Now I have two problems, or not, - dogs and roosters. Or just my neighbor? I talked to the landlord as it is my right to demand, he didn't tell me about these things. What if he didn't resolve these issues?
In my experience, whenever I talk to the neighbors even in a nice and calm way - they really get defensive. I just want to prevent communication problems in my new place. I should be able to handle this in a mature way.
But please don't tell me to move out again. This is the best and affordable place so far that I have found and oh with internet. I can't afford to increase my cost of living especially that I still haven't launched my project.
The anticipation of possible problems is now giving me anxiety. Or is it just all in my head? But why, why, why can't everything just be right for me? Arrrrrgh!!!!! Am I just being funny? Because I don't know anymore....
Two questions:
Did you ever have neighbor problems?
How can I stop myself from getting crazier?