It's definitely a new neighborhood

Day four has passed on Martin Luther King Jr. Way. (Wow, that's a mouthful after using "Bateman Street" for the past two years!)

Today after returning from my brief jog around the neighborhood, for 90 minutes I observed (listened to) one of my neighbors beat the shit out of a punching bag from his yard. Let me explain some logistics: I have a second floor balcony that allows me to observe the activities of my neighbors around me. I can basically see for three parcels in every direction what my neighbors are up to. It's very interesting and I hope that my perspective allows me to learn a great deal from this lot of folks.

Another thing I learned is that our neighbors to the south have their computer station and a digital camera positioned directly in front of both our kitchen and our bathroom. Their computer area, upon closer inspection, appears to have a digital camera pointed toward our bathroom window area as well. This I discovered today as I was towelling off in what I THOUGHT was the privacy of my bathroom. Word of caution: never assume your bathroom privacy is sacred. Always assume someone is peeping. Most likely, this is the case. Do what you have to to safeguard your alone-time in the john.

Another slight disappointment to the move this week is that already I have lost some items. The woman moving out of my room, in the chaos of her own relocation, packed up some of my belongings with her kitchen stuff. Essentially, she swiped three dessert wine glasses. I got them at a yard sale, but I don't think that is adequate reasoning for her to swipe them so callously! I shall inform her of the crime and hopefully they will be fully restored to MLK JR WAY by the end of the week. I have some nice late harvest wine from DeLoache that really NEED those glasses, afterall.