I am feeling a bit unsettled tonight, and I would like to share the reasons with everyone. Although I am going to try my best not to speculate in this article, it is still going to come off sounding more than a little paranoid. I apologize in advance for that, but certain recent events need to be shared. 

What prompted this was a strange pair of event today. I was driving off to run errands this afternoon, and as I was in my driveway one of the other residents on the street came over to chat for a few minutes. This in itself was weird because I haven't really had any contact or communication with anyone from that house in many years - not since my father yelled at them to go away and not come back fifteen years ago. The lady seemed eager to chat, and suggested that she had some information to share when I had more time. 

Two hours later, I returned home to find a fire engine and two ambulances parked in front of her home, and the other residents in the house were quite distraught. It seems that the lady who had come over to chat had had some form of medical issues while I was away, but at the time of this writing I do not know what sort of troubles or even if she has survived them.

The story gets stranger because a similar occurrence occurred last summer. A longtime friend of my parents, who we had not talked to since my father's death ten years earlier, tried to contact us again. He specifically wanted to discuss some investments that my father had made forty years earlier. However a few days later we were told that he had suddenly and unexpectedly died as well, and again without getting a chance to share whatever information he wanted to share with us.

And then rounding out the events, one week ago I met up with someone who I had gone to school with years ago, and they told me that they had send me a Facebook request several years ago - but I did not receive it. Looking through old emails it appears that it did arrive in my account, but that someone who had access to my computer erased it before I could see it. Once again it seems that someone does not want me getting information or talking to people.

I do apologize for using this forum for ranting and complaining, but it has just been such an odd week that I needed to vent somewhere, and this seemed like the best option. For now I will go to bed and hope that some of these mysteries get resolved soon!

NOTE: I realized after posting this that it was Friday the 13th, but the events I described really did happen and this is not some silliness due to the date.