Blogging by the Bay

Today's blog post is written here while looking at ducks hanging out in the bay. I had to escape my apartment today, because my apartment has been having some extra shaky times thanks to the renovations going on directly below it.

It would be bad enough with how weak Japanese insulation tends to be against sound with the banging and the drilling noises that make me feel like either my house is about to fall apart or I'm about to have my teeth drilled at the dentist.

I would already be having a really bad time, but I could put on headphones and ignore it if not for the vibrations. The fact that I can feel the vibrations from all of the hammering and all of the noise through the floor means I actually can't be at home and at peace between the hours of 9 A.M and 5 PM for at least another month. Even when they're not making noise, the noise is coming back soon, always, until 5PM.

Bonus portion here is that this is my least favorite month because I am cold. After many months of being cold, I am completely done emotionally with being cold, and there is nothing I can do to prevent myself from continuing to be cold. My previous answers of stay home, relax and hide under the kotatsu have been abolished between the hours of nine and five.

So here I am at a makeshift standing desk that's actually part of a sea wall, looking at some ducks.

Where do you go when it's too noisy in your apartment?