At 9:30, as I forgot to say earlier, I heard a car stereo, but couldn’t tell if it was next door. My guess, though, is that it wasn’t, and also, I just heard them come in. I heard no music, but just a couple of car doors.

Also, it looks like the dog’s gone back to being quiet at night. I haven’t heard it again after that time I heard it at 10:00. I don’t know if this is just because, or if it’s cuz of something they did, but I hope it stays this way and I also hope there’s no change in the music like I said before.

Tom suggested I use headphones and not give them a reason to act up more, even if I’ve tested the volume from outside. My initial feeling on that was, why should I? Why should I care when they don’t? However, two wrongs don’t make a right and I can’t ask someone to be quiet if I’m not, so I will use the headphones. I want peace from them, they want peace from me. I will give them that peace and hope they do, too, but I do feel much better after having talked to Tom and after having him reassure me that there’s something he could do about them if need ever be.

Later...

It looks like T-Bear’s finally decided to sleep in his hideaway. That’s what he’s been doing lately. I also saw him explore a little in tubes that don’t lead to his sleeping area.

Spunky’s still very timid. I’ve never had a pig like this and at this point, I’m wondering if he’ll ever settle down, not run from us when we approach the cage, and do more than just a few soft squeaks when I pat him. He was almost always in his burrow, so we take it out periodically to get him used to being uncovered so he can see that there’s nothing to be afraid of. So far, this seems to help somewhat. I just put the burrow back in and he didn’t run into it when I walked up to pat the both of them. He and Bunny really get along well and they like to play with and clean each other. Hopefully, like Tom said, he’ll see that Bunny’s not afraid of us and that’ll make him feel better. He feels comfortable with Bunny there and he sometimes runs and hides behind him when we walk up to the cage.