Apartment Life

[anogete]

I've developed a problem. Well, it's more of an annoyance at the moment. I walk Ferguson around the complex to do his pee/poo thing four times a day. There is a guy that lives in the building next to me who loves to use his cell phone on the balcony of his apartment. I walk by his apartment a great deal. He's always said hello, and I don't mind that. It's nice to be on speaking terms with the people who live around you. However, a couple weeks ago, he ended his phone call so he could talk to me. He introduced himself (Elliot) and asked for my name. We chatted for a few minutes before I excused myself for fear of being late to work. Now, almost everytime I walk by his apartment he's on the balcony. He always talks to me. Sometimes I don't have time to talk, and sometimes I just don't want to talk. But he always seems to be in a chatty mood. I know far too much about his life, and he's nosey about mine. I wish I could walk by without being drawn into some sort of long conversation. I wish he wouldn't hang up on the people he's talking to when I walk by. I've been avoiding the path in front of his apartment just so I'm not put in the position of conversing with him everyday. At the moment, I'm not sure why he's so intent on speaking to me. I don't really have much of a read on him. He could be a friendly sort of guy that likes to talk to everyone who passes by. Maybe I look friendly, and he wanted someone to talk to. He's done nothing overt to give me the impression that he's interested beyond friends. If he had, then I would have casually mentioned that I shared an apartment with my boyfriend. I refuse to be all conceited by thinking that he wants me when chances are that he doesn't. I don't mind a casual conversation every few days, but this in depth discussion of his day and my day is a bit much. I have no idea what to say to him. I dunno. I'll just be a coward and avoid his apartment as much as possible.

The cat that belongs to C205 wants me to adopt him. Everyone in the complex is afraid of him because he's stand-offish and will hiss at anyone who approaches too quickly. I've been making friends with him for a couple weeks now. He's always let me pet him, but until recently he's still been a bit uncomfortable around me. A couple days ago he started following me home. His owner never lets him in the house. I'd take him in, but Jason and cats don't go so well together. He's severely allergic.

It's good that I don't have a great deal to do at work today, right? The afternoons have been horribly slow these last two weeks. I've been reading fanfic everyday. It's like an addiction.