Chain smokers. Don't the commercials scare them enough to stop smoking? This dude smokes like clockwork. Like links on a chain. One after the other. 11:10pm, I'm trying to enjoy season premier week with my TIVO and there goes the screen door. Open, close, smoke smoke smoke, cigarette fumes wafting in from my balcony and down the stairs. I want to stab myself in the eye with a pencil right now. I think that would feel better than the disgusting smell of cigarettes in my house after 11pm at night. What happened to quiet, relaxing time at home?
This is insane. Some of my Facebook friends gave me great advice today to stop the torture. It's so much work though! Ugh. More work than this blog which has become very therapeutic for me! BUT EGADS! My neighbor is smoking and with only ONE window open, he may as well be smoking in my house. Unbelievable. The smoke not only comes in through my bedroom, it is coming downstairs into my living room where I'm trying to watch the awesome season premiere of CSI. I'm going to miss who the murderer is because I have to go upstairs and close the door to stop the smoke from coming in so I can breathe again. What a nightmare. A wide awake nightmare thanks to my neighbor smoking all night.
Why does my neighbor have to smoke ALL NIGHT?! I've lived in too many apartments than I want to confess here. Let's just say.. I'm not mad at the gypsies! ;) Of all my house & apartment residences, this is the 1st time I am tortured by a smoker. Yes, I said tortured. It may not be a physical torture, but if he continues every single day and night and I have to breathe it, this will become physical torture. Physical torture to my precious lungs that ache for clean air. (At least the sweet smoggy SoCal air.)
I must take action.. its so quick & easy (and quite therapeutic!) to write this blog about my neighbor who smokes all night... but now I must spend time writing to the management company, the city, the state and all the other anti-smoking agencies I've heard about to finally end my misery of the smoking neighbor.
I pray he stops smoking.. and I feel guilty admitting I do have bad thoughts for the smoking neighbors. My neighbor already coughs up a storm, yes while smoking, so I'm leery to believe a request to 'please stop smoking on your balcony' will actually work. Yet as the eternal optimist, I will try everything to end this so I am not forced to move.. again. Another move after 12 short months all because my neighbor smokes all night.