The Stuff of Scary Movies (Tengo Miedo!)

Buch is no longer safe! I had a fright this morning. My day started early today when I woke up at seven because I needed to be at the microscope at eight. I was starting my usual morning wake up routine and stepped into the bathroom across the hall for a shower. When I walked back into my room, I saw a flurry of movement, nudity, and the German girl who lives next to me screaming angrily for me to get out. Confused and frightened, I closed the door quickly-- only to realize a second later that hey! this is MY room. What does she think she's doing? I opened the door and told her to put her pants back on and go back to her room-- clearly, this was an embarrassing mistake. After waiting for 10 minutes outside, she still did not come out. At this point, I realized this was not just a mistake on her part-- something was up. I opened the door and there she was, still half-naked and just walking around my room looking at everything. I asked her if she could please leave so I can get ready for work. She became distraught and raised her voice for me to get out. I tried to reason with her about why this room was not hers. I asked her if she was alright, if she was sick or needed something, because if not, please put some pants on and kindly leave. I offered her her pajama pants (which were for some reason on the opposite side of the room) and eventually shoved a towel at her hoping she would cover herself up--- nope. I was dealing with unreasonable craziness: she started grabbing things from the table and saying they were hers. "This is my card, this is my money!" I was running out of options. I grabbed the cards and money and firmly told her to get out-- no more reasoning with someone half-naked and clearly out of their mind. She refused. I stepped out to the hall and called for my friend to help. Maybe she saw the light or maybe she was scared but she finally left my room.

Whew. I'm locking my room up everytime I step in or out now! No more of this craziness. I'm not sure what happened: just a little disturbed that she's my next door neighbor and that she touched the furniture while undressed (ewwwww). I saw her making cake yesterday and even had a nice conversation with her! Wow, people are surprising.

LILY