Opus 2017-227: Firsts: Thumps in the Night

My wife heard a noise last night.

I realize this is nothing new in our marriage and it isn’t even the first noise she has heard in Texas.  It was the first time she woke me up in the middle of a Texas night to search the house.  I had checked the doors before I went to bed.  I assumed it was just getting used to the sounds of a different house.  But I got my baseball bat and began to “clear the house”.

It is an interesting experience, and a good one to practice.  In our old home I knew all the hiding places and hidden corners.  This was full of constant surprises.  One surprise was a door that I had not even thought of.  It was standing wide open.  That is less than optimal.  I didn’t think of it because I never use it and it had no reason to be open.  Later I remembered that a workman had been at the house and had brought his children who played hide and seek.  Evidently one of them hid outside.  No harm, no foul.

We finally figured out the noise she was hearing, yes, there was a real noise, came from the used drier I had wired the day before.  It was a combination of “wrinkle guard” and a warning buzzer that sounds like a little bell.  It was ringing once every few minutes to tell you the dryer still had clothes in it. 

I still had to go through the garage.  After I had her calmed down I decided to also check the windows.  We never open them but the workmen seem to find it a challenge. 

If I had really believed someone was there I would have dialed 911. 

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