Intruders!

I was taking a shower this afternoon and had just stepped out when I heard some noises that sounded like someone was in my apartment. I scoffed it off at first and dried off, but I kept hearing little noises. Elena was in the bathroom with me, and to tell you the truth, I actually became quite scared--enough to close the bathroom door tight and lock it. (Bare in mind, that a couple a weeks ago, when Leo was gone and I and the kids were eating dinner, I went into the kitchen for something and there was a guy standing outside our kitchen window with his face just a couple inches from it. There's bushes out in front the window too, and he was behind the bushes right by the house. And he simply stared right back at me for what seemed like quite a while before turning and walking away. Well, anyway, I sat back down at the table, but as I thought about it more, I decided to call the police, so for the first time in my life I called 911--well actually I just dialed the police station and they transferred me to 911. Then a cop came to our house and really I didn't remember anything about the guy at all--I'm completely nonobservant, and the cop gave me a lecture on calling 911 immediately next time and told me they had received several calls about that same guy in our apartment complex that night.) As the noises continued though, I figured I really couldn't just stay locked in the bathroom, and although a towel wrapped around me wasn't the best clothing to confront an intruder, I finally opened the door and walked into the hallway to see who might be there. Well, a squirrel was in our living room eating a chocolate cookie that had been on my kitchen counter. In fact, there were two squirrels, one was still in the kitchen. A couple of yells scared them away. Here you can see where they chewed their way in. And the tempting cookies that they couldn't resist. Stupid squirrels. Funny thing is that I had been forewarned about these squirrels, the Fellows (you can see their blog under my favorites--The Jolly Good Fellows) used to live in these apartments and had told me all about marauding squirrels. I should have never left that window open.