Hello

My name is Nicole, I hope everyone had a good holiday. I know I am probably much older than most but lately, I've been dealing with an issue where I live. I titled my blog, mountain out of a mole hill because I'm probably just over reacting, but it feels like I am at my wits end.

I thought maybe if I just have the opportunity to get some advise it would help me a little better. I know some of the things that people go through is far worse than what I am experiencing. Some may even think I am simply stupid, and to get over it.

Where I live, in an apartment there are a total of 18 apts, I live on the first floor, so there are 2 more levels above me, no one below me, it's a complete apartment complex, called Racquet Club Apts. Been here now for 14 months, in that time, the apartment above me has had so far a total of 3 different tenants. The first two, heard nothing, no noise, pretty quiet, except for the fact, tenants number 2 had 2 people living in a 1 bedroom and since two of them slept on the floor I could hear the ocassional snoring. But never a problem.

The tenants that just moved in a month ago are the worst, it's a boyfriend and his girlfriend. Since we didn't even know tenant number 2 moved out when we heard loud banging one day as I was working (I work for a vacation company from home) I called the rental office and they informed me someone was moving in, so for the remainder of that day, I had to somewhat adjust my work schedule because of the noise. Not really a big deal. But as the days went by, the noise changed and then I began to hear a child constantly running back and forth and stomping and banging. You think, new apartment, family maybe visiting, no big deal. Then I began to notice it at certain times, I figured contact the rental office, I thought that would be a little more professional than knocking on someones door. When I called the office, and advised them about the child the regional office told me the tenants are a boyfriend and girlfriend no child. I was certain it was a child because the walls and floor are so cheaply made, you can hear just about everything, including the child crying. I was told they would look into it and get back to me.

I advised the regional office that since I only work from home 3 days a week and my hours are 11:30am-8PM EST, I am not asking them to be statues, just try to lower the kid from constantly running, stomping and jumping. We find out that, she babysits a child Monday-Friday from 7:30am-5PM, again, I have no problems with that, but when I work, the noise is bothersome. It appears that the lady that babysit, took the rental office advise offensively, and since the rental office told her my work schedule, on those days, the child would get much worst, and it even sound like the babysitter was banging as well. Yes, I decided to bang back. I know 2 wrongs don't make a right but , I thought I tried approaching the matter a bit more professionally by calling the rental office. I was not looking for The Hatfields and The McCoys (now you can tell how old I am, lol).

But through all this when I would retailiate it would be at night, late night to purposely wake them up, it worked. But the boyfriend had no clue to what was going on, until he came to my apartment and asked. She was telling him lies, basically telling him I was just banging, just to be rude. He never knew about me working and the child going crazy throughout the day. What this has done to me, my work has been affected, I was accused of being the unruly one by the rental office, even though I was the first to complain, and I live downstairs. They also banged so loudly when they first moved in, they actually broke a chandelier light fixture in the dining room area. With all that the rental office still came to my place and made me out to be the bad guy.

When I wouldn't do anything at all, no retailiation, the noise was still there, when the male tenant came down to our apartment 2 days ago, my own husband heard the confrontation and would not even defend me, when the rental office lady came to my apartment and started yelling at me, he did not even come to my defense.

I work from home 3 days a week and just want to work peacefully. I don't know but I have cried daily. The rental office has asked us, why don't we put you in one of our townhomes, not at the same price we are currently paying but at a higher cost, because they do not have one bedroom townhomes. So I am not sure what to do, since my husband will not support me on this, I thought about leaving him, moving to MD for the meantime and live with my daughter until I can get myself on my feet again..

But stuoid me is considering suicide, I think twice about it all the time because I have a daughter, she's 28 years old, I raised her by myself. She knows her mother as strong. My heart beats so fast, I rock backand forth, I see myself staying away from the kitchen, because of knives. I started taking Benadryl, to fall into a deep sleep to keep my mind off of suicide. I can't take it