So the weirdness continues. Although in this case, I suppose it's more stupidness.
Our neighbor came over last night to tell us about an incident that happened on our street, a couple of blocks down.
Very early Saturday morning a 5 year old girl went to her parents' bedroom and said, "There's a man in my bedroom." Silly girl. The parents, thinking she was telling stories, sent her back to bed, assuring her that there was no man in her bedroom. (I may have sent my husband to take a look, but I am trying not to judge.) A few hours later, the little girl (who was smart enough to go to her sibling's room instead of her own) came into the kitchen and her parents, who were eating breakfast, asked, "Is the man still in your bedroom," thinking they were being funny. Ha.Ha. The little girl answered . . . "Yes."
This time they went and looked. Imagine their surprise (and horror) when they saw a 19 year old guy passed out on their sweet little girl's bed. He had been high on drugs and alcohol and broke into their home through a basement window and, apparently finding the perfect bed (not too hard, not too soft - - you get the picture), crashed. The police came and the idiot kid was arrested and charged with all sorts of things. And I'm pretty sure the parents went down on their knees praying forgiveness for their stupidity and giving thanks that their little girl wasn't hurt.
The incident that we experienced that very same night, and the drunken, drug crazed stupid 19 year old down the street are too coincidental, and I am convinced that he was the same idiot kid who came into our home and left all our doors open wide - not to mention a little sampling of his blood.
Several lessons to be learned - - -
1. Always lock your doors at night, no matter how safe you feel.
2. When your 5 year old tells you that a strange man is in her bed, GO TAKE A LOOK!!
3. Ghosts DON'T ride long boards (although I'm still not convinced about that one).
And, maybe most important,
3. DON'T BE AN IDIOT!!! DON'T DO DRUGS AND/OR ALCOHOL! THEY MAKE YOU STUPID!!!
By the way, I don't feel so bad about my dog Izzy not barking when idiot criminal came in our house that same night because apparently even while stupid drunk was plopping down on 5 year old's bed, their dog slept soundly on the floor, mere feet away :)
Okay, new month . . . new craziness. Although, technically, since today is May 1, this craziness happened last month. Here's the story . . .
We woke up the other morning to find our front door wide open, our back door wide open, and our backyard gate wide open. The air conditioner was turned down to 62. We keep it at 72 with strict orders NOT TO TOUCH IT!! Freaky weird. And extremely cold. All of our children were home and nobody heard a thing. Not even our dog. Not a peep. Not a creak of the door. Nada. Although, personally, I think Izzy (dog) may have heard something as she was growling all night long. I just thought that she was hearing people going in and out of the bathroom all night - - seven people sharing one bathroom, and said bathroom is across the hall from our bedroom where we and our dog sleep. Yes, this is the same dog who has been mysteriously found (3 times) whimpering on our dining room table with no clue as to how she got up there - - mystery still unsolved. But that is a different story.
So, back to doors open. My daughter's laptop was right next to the front door. Not taken. My son's wallet was on the dining table. Not touched. What.a.bunch.of.stupid.criminals. We found a long board (a long skate board for those of you out of touch with today's lingo) on our front lawn. And . . .eew gross . . . we found blood on the inside wall near the front door. I do not even want to know how it got there.
After checking with each of the children, we determined that the doors were most likely left unlocked the night before. What.a.bunch.of.stupid.people. We live in a very safe neighborhood, but still . . . LOCK THE DOORS!!!
The police came and wrote a "suspicious activities" report and told us to do whatever we wanted with the long board - - throw it away, keep it, put it on the front lawn with a "you forgot something" note. It's in our garage - - those inept criminals will never see it again. So, we got a long board out of the incident, which is more than the intruders got, judging from the blood on the wall. But the whole thing did get me thinking about Izzy and the suspicous dining table incidents.
Do ghosts ride long boards? Just wondering.