Today was going along as usual, took the time to write out some postcards to the grandkids, mailed a cookie to a friend, dropped some off at at another family and returned to get a lot of work done.
I then made some dinner and settled down to watch a zoom webinar about Trains and Movies by my friend Gordon. Just a normal day, right?
Well, first I heard the terrible news that my son-in-law had to make a choice no child should have to, to protect his Mom. I was saddened by it all, and tried to support my daughter as she dealt with the horrors of dementia and its trauma to the family.
Second, I used my outer ring to download the day and was FaceTiming with my friend Diane when she mentioned needing masks for her and her daughter Zoe so they could go out. I had two that didn’t fit me properly so I offered to drop them off to which she offered a bottle of homemade wine. A fine trade indeed! I drove over and we stood and had a good 20 or so minute stoop visit.
I returned home to notice there were footprints on my doormat and threshold which was odd. But I had to pee so I rushed in and set my stuff down on the stove, and ran to the loo. When I came back out my spidey senses were tingling and I turned on the lights to notice dried mud footprints in the door and into the kitchen. At that point I freaked out and after getting no answer immediately I video called my daughter. Although I didn’t want to bother her, I did want to be sure she hadn’t been there and to be with me while I searched my house. She and Roger kept yelling WE HAVE BIG GUNS as I looked in any space big enough for a human. I made her look under the bed for me. Once I was sure I was alone and all doors were locked I reached out to my Facebook Hive to see what they thought and I was convinced to call the RCMP. I got through quickly on the non emergency line and in short order there was an officer at my door. They had first confirmed I was covid free but I can only hope he was as he is the first person in my house in 40 days… OKAY SECOND!! A friend mentioned I should sanitize as I don’t know what they touched and now I am worried as I didn’t think about the door handle and I know I have touched my face, sigh. I think I must have caught someone while I was backing in to my parking spot. It is all so weird but I feel confident that nothing is missing. It is however 12:38am and I am not ready to sleep yet. I know the RCMP have paroled as I have heard them go by and I know I am safe from things I can see but there is now an invisible potential intruder that I can not for this moment shake. 40 Fucking Days and Nights….. arghhhhh. Guess I better be super isolated for the next 14 just in case.
I should have taken a picture while he had his light shined and you could see a very clear outline of a foot. I had basically been wearing flip flops all day so they couldn’t pick that mess up if I tried…..
triumphgal 