After a long hard day, João and I decided to sit back and relax and finally watch the movie the Matrix. We'd been on the waiting list at the library for 4 months and now it was our turn. So we sat back and Sadik even jumped up in my lap for extra cuddles. As the movie grew more intense, we heard a strange noise over our heads. As we were in the basement, both of us, we found that odd. But it's an old house. Then we thought we heard it again. We looked at one another, and João turned down the sound. There it was again. Didn't take us long to bail out of the house. João in his sock feet and me in my pijamas. And now what? It's after 11:00 at night and there we are on the outside of our house looking wishfully inside. We walk around and find no signs of entry. Still, who is the courageous one to go back inside. Not I! So we walk around the house again. And notice two police cars at the house next to the church. We walk over. They are there because of a break-in. Great. That helped our nerves a whole lot. So as they leave, I ask them to check out our house. They gladly agree.
They go stomping in with their guns and lights and yelling "This is the police". I felt like a regular Law and Order participant. A long time afterwards, while we stand shivering outside, they come out, having discovered the perp! Cleaning supplies. Yes, that's it folks. A bunch of cleaning supplies fell off the shelf and knocked open the door and then went rolling out into the hallway. Why? We'll never know.
But all's well that ends well. Sort of anyway. João couldn't bear to see the rest of the Matrix. I could and did, as somehow it seemed tame after our little adventure. Life is just grand in the slow lane, isn't it?
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