Upon taking out the recycling, I stumbled across a paper plate filled with cookies at our front door.

I initially thought, “Did I not hear a knock on the door?  Which of my friends stopped by? YUM COOKIES!”

I admit, I have talked to MAYBE 2 of my neighbors in my apartment complex in the past year!

(There are over 33 units just in my building alone.)

How lovely and sweet of them.

I don’t even know who they are or what they look like. For all I know I may have seen them before, not realizing they live above us.

(You know I am going to FACEBOOK her name and see if I can find her!)

Then I felt A LOT of guilt for not reaching out to more of my neighbors.

My immediate thought was, “I should have them down for dinner!!”

Sometimes I just need a kick in the pants.

Gretchen has an amazing voice.  I often hear her singing praises through the ceiling.  She may be embarrassed if she ever found out that we can hear her.

And then I thought, “Oh goodness, I wonder if our screaming child has ever disrupted them?  Maybe they brought the cookies because they now know we have a baby?!”

Either way, the cookies are delicious and Rick will be lucky if there are any left when he gets home tomorrow morning.

Yes, I will invite them for dinner.