Ok...so, I still live in this apartment just to kinda, fill
you in.
I moved out with my boyfriend of 4 years in November of
this year. We were approved for the first apartment we saw,
and we loved it. It's got the original hardwood floors, and
arched doorways. Not too big overall, but a huge kitchen,
lots of windows and a wide open feel to it.
The first night we stayed up until like 6 am unpacking. We
were exhausted as we had stayed up until 6am the night
before packing at his old apartment and my parents house.
I slept rather soundly!
The next 3 weeks I literally had to pass out to go to
sleep. I would get into bed beside my boyfriend, turn on
the radio (I listen to a station that plays Old radio
shows each night at 11pm--and have been for years, this is
not what scared me) What scared me was the sound of what
seemed to be an older person shuffling back and forth
through the kitchen to the living room and back. The sounds
reached to the sink in the kitchen (just outside my range
of sight whilst looking out of my bedroom door) and back to
the living room. This continued until I passed out/fell
asleep from exhaustion.
A few months later....
My girlfriend decides she's gonna spend the night on the
couch. That night, I do not hear shuffling noises, and
sleep peacefully.
The next morning I wake up and ask her how she slept. She
says fine, but she was woken up around 2am. She said could
hear someone kinda...shuffling back and forth in the
kitchen. She then asked "Did you have a bad night last
night? Were you sick or something?" to see if it had been
me walking around at God knows what time of the night.
I only smiled and told her that it was the first night I
DIDN'T hear someone shuffling around, and explained to her
the events of the evenings spanning the last 3 weeks.
The shuffling has diminished since we've lived there, as I
think whatever/whomever it is has either gotten used to us
or taken a liking to us. I only hear it now when something
bad happens (my boyfriend spent a week in the hospital
recently, and the shuffling was back. I didn't get much
sleep, as the pacing was endless it seemed.) The shuffling
is minimal now as he's back and normalcy has somewhat
returned to our daily routines.
Also, as usual in any case with a cat, we've caught her
ripping around "chasing" a string that only she can see.
It's like it's being dragged slowly, and then being pulled
really fast when she attempts to sneak up on it.
Thanks much for your time.
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