I have lived on the 2nd of 3 floors in my apartment building for something like 4 years. Our building has always been the quiet one, and the tenants that have been here the longest have always taken pride in our serenity. (Some of you may not believe that I could possibly do anything quietly. That’s because I save up all my loudness for when I’m not at home.) As of late, two of the three veteran tenants, one of whom lived above me and the other next door, have moved out. I am the third. Apparently, the apartment above me has been occupied by a pair of elephants with a set of toy bricks they enjoy tossing around at all hours of the night.

I understand that during the process of moving in to a new home, furniture has to be arranged, heavy things are going to be set down, and people might fall over stuff on the floor. However, I personally don’t remember EVER moving someone into a new home and finding it necessary to move a wall unit, a couch, a bed frame, and my set of toy bricks at the same time. Especially when this time is midnight.

Oh yeah. I almost forgot. The elephants have a stereo that only works after 9 PM. How they can use a stereo without thumbs I don’t quite understand. It must be those amazing trunks.

Update: One of the married women in my office raised an alternate story. She thinks that maybe the couple above me have been banging all over the new apartment. I have a hard time thinking that any woman, no matter how freaky, would be slamming the floor that hard and not screaming loud enough for the whole building to hear. Any of you ladies have some input on this one?