We live in a complex where there are seven houses on our driveway, we are the fifth house back from the street.   Us and the ladies in the back have been here the longest.  We’ve got nine years here and they’ve got over twenty-something, so we’ve seen neighbors come and go over the years. 

Recently we had new neighbors move into the second house, a Mexican family.  I really have no idea who lives in that house because it seems like there’s always someone new there.  But whatever that’s their business.  But what I do know is there are two little girls and one little boy there.  The boy is about six, one girl is about three and the baby, still in diapers, is about two.    One evening the girls and I were coming back from a walk and the youngest girl was headed right for the street!   Their front screen door was wide open and no one was watching her!   I grabbed her and took her back to the house, knocked on the door and handed the lady the baby.   Pissed at their negligence I walked away.

We have a wicker’ish shapped pumpkin that has beautiful white lights weaved into it that we set out at night instead of a real pumpkin.   When its dark its a beautiful display.   Well one night last week, and I do mean night, I hear a knock on our front door.  Open it up and what do I find on my porch?   The two little girls, in pj’s, barefoot and a diaper only, at my door rapping away in Spanish about the pumpkin.   When I told them to go home they began to pull on my front door like they wanted to come in!   *sigh*

I went outside, grabbed them by the hands and lead them down the driveway.  Remember I don’t speak Spanish so I’m not much help to them.  I found a neighbor who did speak Spanish and told the kid what was going on.  We took them to their house and what did I see as I walked up to the door?   Not surprisingly, the screen door WIDE the fuck open but the mom on the couch, laughing, talking and flirting away with some man.  Her boyfriend?  Husband?  Don’t know but she was so into him that she didn’t notice the front door was open and at 8:30′ish her two young kids were not in the house!

When the neighbor kid talked to the mom and put the babies in the house she started yelling at them!   I just walked away.  

These people don’t know us.  They don’t know that we’re not perv’s.  We could’ve easily ushered the kids inside our house and no one would’ve been any wiser because it was late and dark.   I tell you, I really don’t like these idiots.    I swear, I have the stupidest neighbors.    And don’t let me get started on the dude next door who I think just opens his door and lets his dogs out so they don’t have to walk them.  GRRR!