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The Apartment Building

BRENDA ST. JEAN

Where I live the day is very noisy. The living arrangements are crampy but cozy. On the weekend there’s always some king of parking problems. The weekend always holds the odd party and the noise level tends to get a bit out of hand. We have the young and the old people both partying together, sharing good times with jokes and stories of life experiences. Then you get the odd one busy body who complains about the level of noise.

The children in the building all play together. They all tend to treat each other more like family. There are a lot of kind, caring people in this building. Who all look out for each other, and really care a lot about each other. The day is not really complete until you hear the yelling of the children in our building, and the laughter of folks as they share their day’s end.

Nights are quiet here as everyone is either asleep or at work on the graveyard shift. As morning approaches and a new day fast arrives, the apartment building is noisy again.