so that happened
good very early morning internets. I know it's been over 6 months but sometimes you just need to talk to someone and no one else is awake at 3 in the morning.
so let me tell you about my night so far. it was the usual, tumblr and lj and chatting with Mel until it was time for bed. I crashed at around 11:30ish which once again was later than I intended but any night I go to sleep before midnight I count as an adulthood win.
at 2:30ish I was awoken by the sound of tapping on my living room window (I was sleeping on the couch because my bed is covered in clean clothes I need to put away... perhaps we should take away that adulthood point I awarded myself.) ANYWAY. since I live right next to a well lit parking lot I could clearly see the shadow of a man against the blinds. standing at my window. tapping and knocking, sometimes knocking on the outside wall, sometimes sounding like he was digging around the house. once I unfroze myself because wow 'frozen in fear' is an actual fax thing, I made my way to the kitchen, got my phone and the biggest fucking knife I own and called the police.
of course as soon as I called I didn't hear any tapping or see shadows. but the cops came by and FOUND SOME DUDE RIGHT UNDER MY WINDOW WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK. the cop I talked to was super nice, had me look outside to see if I recognized the person (I did not.) they think he is a transient and were going to get him to move along. I am now sitting in my house with all of the lights on. and I'm pretty sure I'm never going to sleep again. so that's awesome.
or maybe I'll sleep once the panic subsides and my heart stops racing. that seems... unlikely.
so let me tell you about my night so far. it was the usual, tumblr and lj and chatting with Mel until it was time for bed. I crashed at around 11:30ish which once again was later than I intended but any night I go to sleep before midnight I count as an adulthood win.
at 2:30ish I was awoken by the sound of tapping on my living room window (I was sleeping on the couch because my bed is covered in clean clothes I need to put away... perhaps we should take away that adulthood point I awarded myself.) ANYWAY. since I live right next to a well lit parking lot I could clearly see the shadow of a man against the blinds. standing at my window. tapping and knocking, sometimes knocking on the outside wall, sometimes sounding like he was digging around the house. once I unfroze myself because wow 'frozen in fear' is an actual fax thing, I made my way to the kitchen, got my phone and the biggest fucking knife I own and called the police.
of course as soon as I called I didn't hear any tapping or see shadows. but the cops came by and FOUND SOME DUDE RIGHT UNDER MY WINDOW WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK. the cop I talked to was super nice, had me look outside to see if I recognized the person (I did not.) they think he is a transient and were going to get him to move along. I am now sitting in my house with all of the lights on. and I'm pretty sure I'm never going to sleep again. so that's awesome.
or maybe I'll sleep once the panic subsides and my heart stops racing. that seems... unlikely.