is the goose gone??

So, our biggest complaint and frustration with our house is the girl who lives below us, because she has a sinus problem (probably made worse by living in a basement) and she makes this honking, clearing her throat sound all the time. We've taken to calling her the goose.

It is not a pleasant sound. And it is very loud. And when she's home, she does it ALL THE TIME. Nonstop. But we never wanted to say anything to her, because she clearly doesn't think anyone can hear her, and she's not doing it on purpose. But it is really hard to live with.

Yesterday, Tim reached the end of what he could stand. He was going to go storming down there, but I made him calm down for a minutes because again, she's not doing it on purpose. So, he goes down, and is really apologetic, and tells her that he doesn't know what it is, but we always hear this noise, like she's moving furniture, or clearing her throat (and then he tried to demonstrate the noise we hear). She said she had no idea what the noise was, but after Tim went to talk to her, she didn't make the sound for the rest of the night.

I think she got the point. And if she has stopped, it suddenly got a lot easier to live here.

Here's hoping.