the kid is slurping food at the table while an alarm goes off in his room
DryadGurrl
the kid is slurping food at the table while an alarm goes off in his room
the kid is slurping food at the table while an alarm goes off in his room
DryadGurrl
plus there's some sickly-sweet fake fruit smell coming out of there and it's all Too Much™ right now
DryadGurrl
I'm sorry for those of you I owe tags to, hopefully he will go in there and sleep soon and I'll be able to breathe and think again
DryadGurrl
(the table is down the hall from me, but kitchen & living room are both open, his room is immediately next to mine, we share a wall, just so y'all know the distances I'm dealing with here)
Snufkin
Oh, that's rough.
DryadGurrl
at least he's stopped using the florals that make me wheeze 
DryadGurrl
but it was a lot of sweet all at once
DryadGurrl
and now cousin is washing a dish and having a speakerphone convo with his dad >,<
DryadGurrl
and now he's having another zoom class without headphones and with his door wide opennnnnn
DryadGurrl
whyyyyyyy
DryadGurrl
(for the record: he's got the master bedroom, but all he has in there is a twin bed and a desk, literally NOTHING to absorb any kind of sound with the hardwood floor and 8-9ft ceiling)
DryadGurrl
and the teacher/proctor/TA or whatever has the most annoyingly chipper voice
DryadGurrl
the rat did finally set off the trap again, but once again didn't actually catch himself in it, so I'm gonna go re-set that
DryadGurrl
well it was nice and quiet for all of 20 minutes, which wasn't long enough to actually decompress and start writing
StupidSexyV⚠der
I will say: this is were old Victorian houses are supreme. Plaster walls, space
DryadGurrl
oh man I wish
DryadGurrl
two-story Victorian maybe with a turret is my dream
DryadGurrl
especially if I can have it all to myself and my three cats
StupidSexyV⚠der
yes
DryadGurrl
kitchen's done up in 60s/70s seafoam and avocado, I can hire someone to come clean once a month
DryadGurrl
space out back for a lil herb garden
DryadGurrl
no goddamn HOA
StupidSexyV⚠der
no goddamn HOA is my goal
DryadGurrl
they're a blight on society
DryadGurrl
and I'm not even in one
DryadGurrl
(nor is the landlord, there isn't one for our neighborhood, because it's not one of those prefab places)