Damnit, I should have paid attention to that stupid horoscope thing! I should probably stop calling it stupid while I am at it. I'm not the type of person that's ever believed in sun signs or horoscopes, good luck and bad luck, I only believe in hard work and the rewards reaped from my actions. Well, I'm a believer now.
There was no other explanation for the train wreck of a day I had other than the horoscope I read accidentally, which warned all Pisces to put off everything important and be extra careful today. I laughed to myself and didn't think too much of it... but now I was fuming. I was soaked, drenched from the rain, ruining the brand new tailored suit and heels I had on... but that wasn't even the worst part.
Today was supposed to be the most important day of my life! I sat my ass down on the bottom of the stairs of my apartment building and wanted to throw a tantrum - wiggle on the floor like a child with a bad temper and no discipline.
It just had to be today of all days that the elevator stopped working and I had to climb five flights of stairs in my miserable state. I slowly began the climb up the stairs to my apartment as I continued lamenting. Why did I even waste 2000 dollars on a freaking suit when my savings were pitiful enough as it is?
Okay, I know why.
I was expecting the meeting with my boss to go well and I was hoping to get promoted, maybe a pay raise and overall boost of dignity.
I was so distracted by my miserable state that I didn't realize someone was heading down the stairs. Not until I crashed headfirst into them, I looked up as I was getting ready to apologize to the person I bumped into but I swallowed the apology when I realized who it was.
My sorry expression immediately turned into a scowl as I looked at the person in front of me. He raised an eyebrow before walking by, his shoulder hitting mine as he passed.
"You know, some people apologize after stumbling into someone...I guess that's something only civilized people do...I guess not everyone is a gentleman."
Levi paused and turned back to lock eyes with me. He slowly examined my body making me blush in embarrassment as I remembered the state that I was in. He smirked slightly and grunted before he turned and walked away.
My already bad temper got worse as my pathetic attempt at directing my anger at my neighbour failed spectacularly. OK, this time maybe I was at fault too. He wasn't looking and neither was I but this was just one of the many incidents that regularly occurred between us.
He was at fault for all my other miseries and the main reason why I was so obsessed with getting a promotion... I needed to make me enough money so that I could just throw away my deposit on this place and move out.
I stomped up the stairs, not even caring that I could potentially slip and fall to my death if I wasn't careful with my wet heels. But I didn't care, things couldn't get any worse at this point.
Levi the Cacti. Yeah, I'm not that good at the rhyming thing. Basically, the guy was a prick. He was the reason I took my showers at 5 in the morning... I was tired of being sprayed with ice-cold water because he couldn't wait five minutes before fucking up the water pressure. God, he was an asshole. He knew about the water pressure too... I had complained about it to the building manager... When that didnt work, I even confronted Levi directly. He just grunted and closed the door on my face.
I finally got up to my apartment and I headed directly to the bathroom so that I could get rid of these wet clothes and take a long HOT shower. Thankfully, the prick was out and I wouldn't be getting any surprises today.
This guy... He would have a party every single weekend, blasting loud music until the wee hours of the morning. The stomping of feet and the crappy house music kept me up all night.
When you work as hard as I do, the weekends are a time to relax, finally get some rest and wind down. Yes, I do party and have fun some weekends but I take the party outside, maybe a good bar or something. He, on the other hand, would bring the entire bar home. I did complain about that too, I was ignored again.
I still haven't found proof... but it was definitely him who messed with my garbage bags. I always carefully categorized my recyclables from my non-recyclables but somehow, week after week they were all tossed together like a mess.
I'm the most responsible tenant in this entire building but somehow I get scolded for the smallest things while Levi gets away with everything.
The building manager is useless. The guy does nothing but shove donuts down his throat and watch porn... I've been here for 2 months and he still hadn't fixed the lights in the stairway.
Shitty apartment, shitty neighbour, shitty backstabbing boss! Should I just take all my life-savings and move somewhere else altogether? Start a new life... Maybe find a decent job where my boss doesn't steal my hard work and take all the credit. A neighbour who I don't have to fight all the time, maybe a decent apartment with a good, attentive owner... Ugh, Impossible.
I turned off my pipe dream just as I turn on the shower.