And sometimes things just ...happen

This morning, after I finished blogging- which I am pretty religious about, I was dawdling about looking at stuff. No, I don't remember what stuff. Just stuff, ok?

Anyway, I was contemplating taking a shower. Because I was still in jammies, coffee was gone, and it was later than usual. But I dawdled.

I look up from the computer when I notice something dark blue move by the window. There is a man in the front yard, peering into our garage. He is wearing a dark blue shirt. I call out to Kenga, "there's someone in the yard." I see the man stop, look at the door, look at the walkway, act like it's fight vs. flight, and hesitantly come up to the door. He knocks softly. I say, "Kenga, get the door!" I'm in my jammies, you see. And not in any way feeling like a paragon of hospitality.

Kenga goes to the door, opens it and goes out. He is talking to the man. I am going towards the bedroom, and the firearm, in case I hear shouts. Because I am a cowgirl at heart. And there's a history in my family of pulling guns on intruders. It's really, really dumb, I know. But then, I am one HELL of a shot.

Kenga returns and says, "he says he needs a tow truck. Look up a number for that, please." I comply, and Kenga goes out.

He comes back a few moments later and says, "there is no car. The man is gone."

I say, "call the fucking cops. We've been cased, baby."

He calls the cops and I decide to go ahead with the cleansing of my filthy body. Because eventually I must leave and go to work.

He comes back and reports that the cops agree that he was casing the joint, and they were already en-route.

I called the neighbors downstairs (who, luckily were home today) and report. So they were on the hear/lookout for any suspiciously destructive, non-kitty related noises.

I don't think he'll be back, though. We could identify him pretty easily. Because we were paying attention. And because, most of all, I was at the computer dawdling. NOW I don't have to ever make an excuse for being a computer slacker. I have vigilance on my side!