Eh. Hurricane Rita, you dirty bitch!!

My friend and her family (3-year-old and month-old baby, husband and his parents) are trying to evacuate Houston and head to San Antonio. When I talked with her yesterday, they were boarding up the casa, packing supplies and important things, and heading out this morning at 3 a.m. There weren't any hotels/motels open from Dallas to San Antonio, but thankfully, she remembered friends of friends in San Antonio - so are headed there. Another girlfriend called her today, and they are stuck on a highway that they believe is shut down.

I heard on the news that they are now asking people to put identity bracelets on your children in case ... in case ... I hope to God that doesn't happen to anyone, but I understand why it's necessary. This made me cry. A lot.

My aunt and uncle live in Corpus. She flew out this a.m. for Oklahoma and my uncle had to stay back because of his job related to the oil refineries, etc. Plus, he said if he had to leave to do something work related, he didn't want to worry about her at home. Again, I cried.

Again I say, "Rita, you dirty bitch!".

On a strange note:

I believe sincerely that we have a ghost in our upstairs master bathroom. Now, if ANYBODY can offer a REASONABLE explanation, believe me, I am ALL EARS!

Started not long after we moved in ... 3-4 years ago? This is a NEW house, but built on former Air Force property. I don't know what exactly was here before us, but I'm presuming barracks.

It started with the jets to the jacuuzi coming on at odd hours of the night. I'd get up, turn them off, they'd come on again. SHIT!! I thought that maybe this was some sort of normal thing - it had to clear its jets or something. But I can't find a shut off for this function. If I let it go off by itself, it lasts sometimes for 10 minutes at a time.

Lately, something new has been happening. Now, the lights in the shower are coming on by themselves. And I'm not talking about a flicker here and there. The switch moves!!

Last night, I'm lying in bed, falling asleep. It's dark, it's quiet. And then, I hear the sound of the shower light go on. Sure enough, the switch is manually been pushed UP again.

I marched into the bathroom, announced to "Bathtub Betty or Shower Sam or whateverthehellyournameis" to QUIT.

So ... ghost? Strange circuiting?

Tell me.

Please.