Well, THAT was freaky!

So last evening, around 6:45 PM, I heard my screen door open (I stopped locking it some months ago, though I used to keep it locked when home). I expected a knock on the door, but the next thing I knew, I heard someone fumbling at my door. Then I heard and saw the deadbolt turn, unlocking the top lock. More fumbling, someone trying to open the door knob lock.

I'm sure you can imagine the kinds of thoughts racing through my mind at this point. Only a couple of people have keys to my house, and only my current pet sitter would be using them. 

I went to the door while the person was still fumbling, trying to get the other lock open, and I hauled open the door, expecting to see L and wondering why on earth she would be entering my house for some completely unknown reason.

Uh, no, it was a strange man with a key ring full of keys in his hand.

Turned out that it was the pet sitter's boyfriend, thinking he was at "Pat and Tulip's" house (obviously other clients) and coming to take care of Tulip because L had to be admitted to ICU. (She has Type 1 Diabetes and has another bad infection; this must just have happened.)

He was freaked out, I was freaked out, Derry was freaked out! We all were freaked out! 

He apologized profusely, said he'd have to call L and get the correct address. She had mentioned the nearby major thoroughfare that our complex is adjacent to, and that had stuck in his mind, as he had driven her to my house before (probably in October, when I was away).

After he left I sent a text to L, saying that her bf had just shown up thinking we were Pat and Tulip, that he said she was in ICU, that I was thinking of her and hoping she'd be okay, be able to be released soon, etc. She sent me a text back right away, so embarrassed and deeply apologetic, said she had given her bf the address (of Pat and Tulip) but that he was very stressed about her being in the hospital. Absolutely understandable.

However, just to feel safe, I turned the lock on the screen door, so no one can open it from the outside...and I'll be doing that again from now on, thank you very much. 

Peace.