From Within The House

I’m totally freaked out this morning.

Last night, on one of my gazillion trips downstairs to pee, I was sitting on the toilet (too much info?), when I heard the oddest, distinct sound of a phone off the hook.

O.K. Well, the cats do have night wanderings.  One of them could have possibly knocked one of the phones off the hook, right?

So, when I’m finished with my personal business, I go to the only phone in the house that isn’t connected to the world by a button.  It’s sitting securely in it’s cradle.  The only other phone in the house is one of those cordless phones with talk and end buttons, but I check it too.

Nothing is out of place, but I can still hear the busy signal.  No radios, no t.v.s are on.

Then the busy signal fades away.

WTF?

So, now I only go downstairs to pee at night with my baseball bat in hand.

And things are missing.

Big things.

Just missing.

I think I mentioned that a pair of curtain rods still in their boxes had gone missing.  I know I brought them in and put them in the closet of what’s now the Music Room the first day — before the movers arrived.  Haven’t seen them since.  Bought new curtain rods.

Now, my two rather large wood U-shaped floating shelves (you’ve seen similar if you watch enough HGtv) that displayed my fairy figurine collection in my old apartment are missing.  My mother remembers giving them to the movers to be moved, but no one remembers seeing them at the little red house.  I’ve been completely through the house from top to basement a bunch of times.  There’s no where for them to hide.  There’s no boxes left for them to hide in.  Just poof.

Also, I had two flat floating shelves still in their boxes that were too long to fit into a packing box the day of the move.  I never saw what my mom did with them though she said she’d take care of it.  I kind of thought they’d end up in a box with the pictures, but I’ve been picture box digging and can’t find them.  Just poof.

Call the Without a Trace team!

O.K. so here’s my unreasonable paranoid delusion theory.  I think one of the movers took the items that were still in boxes that could be returned and Wal-mart takes back pretty much anything.  O.K. The U-shelves kind of blow my theory but they were in good condition and they looked like they matched, maybe the guy thought he could return those too?

*shrug*

I know I’m reaching.  I’m trying to make sense out of this.  I have things missing from my move that can’t be anywhere in my house and weren’t left behind.

Of course, none of that explains the missing Gorilla Glue…my mother and I both were using the bottle of Gorilla Glue while my parents were here, but damned if I can find it now.  I’ve been through every drawer, basket and cabinet in my apartment.  I do know that the Mover’s didn’t take it. ;)  My mother and I both saw it last sitting on my desk, but it certainly isn’t there now.

O.K. and every now and then Pugly gets really freaked out and starts barking for no apparent reason and racing around the house.  He won’t go in the basement either.

Makes me want to set up webcams for when I’m not home so people can tell me if ghosts or other people are in my home.

tags: little red house

One comment

1. on December 13, 2006 at 2:26 pm

   Jenny Ryan said:

   Yeah, I agree. That’s a little freaky.

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