A Great Week and a Not So Great Week

Last week I was incommunicado; I was on PTO and no where near a Blackberry or anything with net access. It was awesome. No one calling wanting to know what was going on or when I was going to help them or why I did what I did. I got home this past weekend and noticed that the hedges between my house and my butthole neighbors house looked different.

G the neighbor who lives behind me (who I believe to believe playing without a full deck) had asked me a month ago if I wanted him to trim my hedges. I told him no and he whined that the power or phone service would go out. I told him no they are mine and I will trim them when I am ready to trim them. G is about 70 but looks like he is 80 and has various health problems. He whined he needed to make sure he has phone service because of his health. And I said the phone company will trim them if they are a problem. Again he asked if he could trim them free of charge and again I said NO!

Anyway, I discovered the jackass had trimmed them anyway. Not just those hanging over his fence but everything he could reach within 18 inches of the fence. The jerk, reached over onto my property and cut MY hedges. I was PISSED big time. I couldn't wait for him to come outside and ask him what the hell he thought he was doing. So, this moron finally comes out and I asked him what he thought he was doing. He said that the fence is actually not the properly line and that he could cut over about six inches. I told him my survey shows the fence as the property line. Mr Asshole responds by saying..."You better get a new fucking survey". Now I am really PISSED OFF at this loser. I told him I could have him arrested for trespassing and property destruction and his answer is..."Go ahead, but you don't want the city involved in this". I don't want a war with a neighbor, but I am not going to put up with this stuff. It's been a week and it still causes me anger every time I look out the back window and see the hedges. I am having a hard time letting it go. Friends have said not to deal with the old fart anymore and just to deal with the city. Family says to let it go because I don't need the stress in my life. I have not yet called the cops, but I have not ruled it out. If he does anything stupid again I probably will. In the meantime, I now know what burglary victims mean when they say they feel used and violated. I AM STILL PISSED!