Thin Walls

I live in a two bedroom townhouse where the two bedrooms and the only bathroom are upstairs.  The living room and kitchen are on the first floor.  I share my thin wall with neighbors on either side.  I have never lived in an apartment or townhouse or anything else that shares a wall.  I thought it would be really cool to live somewhere where I was living in close proximity with so many people.  I figured it would be an easy way to make friends in a new city.  It really hasn't been the case.  Most of the people who live in my apartment complex speak English as a second language and it's really difficult to say more than hello to some of these people.

I feel like I know my neighbors that I share a wall with because of the thin walls.  If I go to bed after my neighbors I can hear them snoring.  In the morning when we are all getting ready I can hear them talking.  I have not heard them have sex, but I assume that's what's going on when they have their music on to muffle the sound.  My neighbors on the other wall are teenage boys and their mom.  When mom isn't home, which seems to be often, they listen to loud music or loudly "sing" at the top of their lungs.  The singing usually scares Clara as it does Jana and I for different reasons.  Our bathrooms are right next to each other and there will be times that I am brushing my teeth or something and one of the boys will start screaming words like F--k or S--t.  It freaked me out the first time I heard it. 

Being able to afford a single family home is probably the second biggest thing I miss about Spokane (after family).  It sort of makes a little more sense why so many people move from California to Spokane and then complain about the weather all of the time.  In spite of the weather, Spokane is still a better place to live than some of these other "nicer" places because of you're ability to live.