It’s getting harder to leave the apartment. Not for a lack of trying, but it feels like it wants to keep me here. The hallway and the stairs were just the start. The landlord stopped replying to my emails too. It’s not that I can’t leave, but it takes longer now, 8 minutes at least. I think my apartment is changing too. I kept unpacking and now I have more furniture than boxes, and I have a little mat by the door. It's just one of those simple brown welcome mats. It used to be flush against the doorframe. But it has moved, maybe a quarter of an inch away? It could’ve just been me and I didn’t notice, but I don’t trust that, not in this place. Which would mean my apartment is getting bigger. Which means things aren’t limited to the hallway. Which means I need to go out, maybe have a drink, it’s only 8 minutes of hallway.
11/14/2024
Valerie
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