Stranger In My Mirror

© Rose Madeline Mula






Please be careful.

This person has found her way into my house and could

also get into yours.





A very weird thing has happened.

A strange old lady has moved into my

house. I have no idea who she is, where she came from,

or how she got in. I certainly did not invite her.

All I know is that one day she wasn't there,

and the next day she was.





She is a clever old lady and manages to keep out of sight

for the most part, but whenever I pass a mirror I catch a

glimpse of her. And, whenever I look in the mirror to check my

appearance, there she is hogging the whole thing, completely,

obliterating my gorgeous face and body. This is very rude!

I have tried screaming at her, but she just screams back.

The least she could do is offer to pay part of the rent, but no.





Every once in a while, I find a dollar bill stuck in a coat pocket,

or some loose change under a sofa cushion, but it is not nearly enough.

I don't want to jump to conclusions, but I think she is stealing money

from me. I go to the ATM and withdraw $100, and a few days later,

it's all gone!





I certainly don't spend money THAT fast, so I can only conclude the old

lady is pilfering from me. You'd think she would spent some of that

money to buy wrinkle cream.





And money isn't the only thing I think she is stealing. Food seems to

disappear at an alarming rate-especially the good stuff like ice cream,

cookies and candy. She must have a real sweet tooth, but she'd better

watch it, because she is really packing on the pounds.





I suspect she realizes this, and to make herself feel better, she is

tampering with my scale to make me think I am putting on weight too.



For an old lady, she is quite childish. She likes to play nasty games,

like going into my closets when I'm not home and

altering my clothes so they don't fit.



And she messes with files and papers so I can't find anything.

This is particularly annoying since I am extremely

neat and organized.





She has found other imaginative ways to annoy me.

She gets into my mail, newspapers and magazines before

I do and blurs the print so I can't read it.





And she has done something really sinister to the volume controls on my

TV, radio and telephone. Now, all I hear are mumbles and whispers.



She has done other things - like make my stairs steeper, my vacuum

heavier and all the knobs and faucets harder to turn. She even made my

bed higher so that getting into and out of it is a real challenge.



Lately, she has been fooling with my groceries before I put them away,

applying glue to the lids, making it almost impossible for me to open the jars.



She has taken the fun out of shopping for clothes. When I try something

on, she stands in front of the dressing room mirror and monopolizes it.

She looks totally ridiculous in some of those outfits, plus she keeps me

from seeing how great they look on me.



Just when I thought she couldn't get any meaner, she proved me wrong.

She came along when I went to get my picture taken for my driver's

license and just as the camera shutter clicked, she jumped in front of

me.



I hope she never finds out where you live.



I really do!

© Rose Madeline Mula

Please visit her site at:

http://www.seniorwomen.com/

She has a sister you know....

Thanks for the heads up!

But I think she's been to my house already!

LOL...I love it!

I love this..and it made me think of the "Invasion of the Body Snatchers"

I think the invasion of the body snachers is the right term...she, or they, have already been to my house....

Uhh at my door daily also.