Senior Housing and the Little Greek Man
The little Greek man who is courting Grandma is moving into the former apartment of the resident who most recently died. That is generally how it works in senior housing. You visit the places that you might like to live. Then you put your name on the waiting list of the ones you like. Then you wait for somebody to die or move to a nursing home.
When somebody dies the administrator goes down the list calling to see who is still alive that still wants to live there. People who have changed their mind have usually moved into another senior complex, died, moved in with a relative, or gone to a nursing home.
In this case the resident who died most recently jumped out the window to his death. That is another thing about senior housing. If you’re mentally ill, or disabled, you don’t necessarily have to be old to qualify to live there. I don’t know this persons story. But it is assumed that persons who jump from windows are not mentally stable.
Grandma told me that the apartment is vacant in that way that says, I’m not superstitious, but that apartment is cursed.
I announced our arrival at the front door, to make sure I would be allowed to pass and not mistaken for the little Greek man. Fortunately, Grandma heard me. Because I forgot my key.
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