Sorry, what?
After dinner with a friend of mine I had two random interactions with a couple of people I didn't know.
One was the guy who lives outback downstairs. (That sounds like a strange way to describe it, seeing the building would help clarify; there are shops down front.) He was asked me if I had owned the car that sometimes parked in the alley after I confirmed he was talking to me about how if I want to park in the alley he's totally cool with it. It sounds like he's basically running things for the other half of the building my landlord doesn't own. Which is cool. He also mentioned marking some actual..."parking spaces" if you will, so that people would know where to park and what areas should be left clear for people to drive through. He seemed pretty open to how to set it all up which was nice.
He was outside (I think he and his lady friend had been outside smoking) as I passed through the alley to head to my car so I could look at some stuff at Walmart. Admittedly I didn't look at them and choose to avoid even looking at them as I passed--I'm not exactly certain what prompted this other than that I didn't want to intrude on any kind of moment that they may have been having.
I did that and when I returned I managed to park in the same space in the parking lot out back (Yay! I'm partial to it (a corner space) because cars can only park on one side and I can hug one side of the space try and maximize the amount of space between me and a car on the otherside who might be careless enough to nick my paint.) and when I got out the door of the truck next to me (the same truck that was there when I left) opened his door and apologized for parking so close.
I wasn't really worried about it. That's why I hugged the far side of the space (close to the road and hydrant) I did spend a good bit of time looking over the driver's side of my car before I got in it to leave because I wanted to make sure there weren't any new scratches since I parked it on Friday night.
He said that he saw my car in the parking lot regularly and he was careful to not let the door slam into my car (I was appreciative of that) so I thanked him. I told him that was why I park as close to the other side of that particular space, so if the car that parks next to me needs a little more room they have it. So long as they don't hit my car (with their car or their doors) I don't care if they are over the line a little bit. I understand there are times when the car on one side didn't ace putting their car between the lines and it impacts how you have to fit into the remaining space.
It was nice that these two unplanned (random?) social interactions turned out so well. It was pretty refreshing.
I have a lot of errands I want to do tomorrow. I want to look at used furniture, I need to schedule time for my car to go to the shop, my friend wanted company to get something he's buying used (it's a long drive), we might stop at the gym on the way back and climb. I have more cleaning I want to try and do. I wanted to stop by the lumberyard and look for some scrap wood I can place underneath the shower curtain bar. Currently the bar rests against the wall just atop the...I don't know what to call the shower wall. Anyway, I hate shower curtain rods that fall if you place it the extra inch or two higher so I opted to solve the problem but resting it after the top of the shower/bath wall. It's worked great but I want the bar higher so I just need two little pieces of scrap wood to prop it up so it has something to sit on to keep it from falling late at night and crashing to the ground with a fierce clatter and bang.
I want to get my bedroom to the point I can relocate a comfortable sitting (reading?) chair in there and I can move the second couch to the living room. I'd like to see how that set up works. I hope it works well. It would "close" my living room off which I'm not sure if I would like but I'll have to try it to see.
One was the guy who lives outback downstairs. (That sounds like a strange way to describe it, seeing the building would help clarify; there are shops down front.) He was asked me if I had owned the car that sometimes parked in the alley after I confirmed he was talking to me about how if I want to park in the alley he's totally cool with it. It sounds like he's basically running things for the other half of the building my landlord doesn't own. Which is cool. He also mentioned marking some actual..."parking spaces" if you will, so that people would know where to park and what areas should be left clear for people to drive through. He seemed pretty open to how to set it all up which was nice.
He was outside (I think he and his lady friend had been outside smoking) as I passed through the alley to head to my car so I could look at some stuff at Walmart. Admittedly I didn't look at them and choose to avoid even looking at them as I passed--I'm not exactly certain what prompted this other than that I didn't want to intrude on any kind of moment that they may have been having.
I did that and when I returned I managed to park in the same space in the parking lot out back (Yay! I'm partial to it (a corner space) because cars can only park on one side and I can hug one side of the space try and maximize the amount of space between me and a car on the otherside who might be careless enough to nick my paint.) and when I got out the door of the truck next to me (the same truck that was there when I left) opened his door and apologized for parking so close.
I wasn't really worried about it. That's why I hugged the far side of the space (close to the road and hydrant) I did spend a good bit of time looking over the driver's side of my car before I got in it to leave because I wanted to make sure there weren't any new scratches since I parked it on Friday night.
He said that he saw my car in the parking lot regularly and he was careful to not let the door slam into my car (I was appreciative of that) so I thanked him. I told him that was why I park as close to the other side of that particular space, so if the car that parks next to me needs a little more room they have it. So long as they don't hit my car (with their car or their doors) I don't care if they are over the line a little bit. I understand there are times when the car on one side didn't ace putting their car between the lines and it impacts how you have to fit into the remaining space.
It was nice that these two unplanned (random?) social interactions turned out so well. It was pretty refreshing.
I have a lot of errands I want to do tomorrow. I want to look at used furniture, I need to schedule time for my car to go to the shop, my friend wanted company to get something he's buying used (it's a long drive), we might stop at the gym on the way back and climb. I have more cleaning I want to try and do. I wanted to stop by the lumberyard and look for some scrap wood I can place underneath the shower curtain bar. Currently the bar rests against the wall just atop the...I don't know what to call the shower wall. Anyway, I hate shower curtain rods that fall if you place it the extra inch or two higher so I opted to solve the problem but resting it after the top of the shower/bath wall. It's worked great but I want the bar higher so I just need two little pieces of scrap wood to prop it up so it has something to sit on to keep it from falling late at night and crashing to the ground with a fierce clatter and bang.
I want to get my bedroom to the point I can relocate a comfortable sitting (reading?) chair in there and I can move the second couch to the living room. I'd like to see how that set up works. I hope it works well. It would "close" my living room off which I'm not sure if I would like but I'll have to try it to see.