The Seasons Are Changing

 So, leaves are starting to drop, the hummingbirds have headed out on their journey, there's a definite 'nip' of autumn in the air as evening draws to night, and the sun is waking up the morning.  I scramble for my favorite, ratty jacket to throw on to take Marlee out at night and first thing in the morning.  I've always always loved when the seasons change; I've always been so ready for the summer heat to fade, and the fall air and colors and smells to arrive.  Hmmm, but this year, I'm hesitant about it all.  Maybe it's just that the whole year, so far, of 2020 has been so unnerving.  And the fact that I'm still not really adjusted to proceeding through the world and life without Randy.  I don't know...just a bit hesitant...

Just to add to the complexity of thoughts and emotions this time around with shorter, colder days, there was a knock at my door this morning.  There's a man, I don't know him, asking if I'm _______.  No, I'm not, and I've never heard of her.  I explain that I've only lived in this house for a year.  Maybe she lived here sometime in the past, but I don't know her.  When I finally find out who he is, he tells me he works for a bonding company, and there's a warrant out for this person.  After he is satisfied that I'm not who he is looking for, he tells me that there's a good possibility that there will be a raid on my house.  Excuse me???  Well, just giving you a heads-up that they may come in the wee hours of the morning, come in 'dark', as he put it, no lights and banging on my doors.  Whoa, hold on.  That's quite disturbing.  So I've spent most of the day on the phone with  first the City Police Department, who tell me I need to call the County Sheriff's Dept, who tell me I need to talk to the bonding company.  And along the way, I've had a couple of phone conversations with my attorney, just to make sure he has my back.  It's now after 3 p.m.  The day is shot, but let's hope everyone got the memo that this is not the house nor person they are looking for, and that midnight raids at this address would be a bad thing.