Yesterday afternoon, Luke and I went to the grocery store for the third time this week. Going multiple times a week isn't only normal, its a necessity. Reasons: 1. Everything we purchase, we carry home. So small/light loads - which hardly happens, are better. 2. Our refrigerator/freezer is the size of one you would typically find in a dorm room. 3. Oh! And back to the smaller loads being helpful, we carry our groceries up 68 steps before entering our flat. Grocery shopping should count as a workout.
As I was saying earlier, Luke and I went to the store yesterday. While waiting for our bus home, we ran into our neighbor from across the hall. As we are struggling through a conversation with her limited English and my limited Swiss-German, we didn't realize our bus never showed until the second bus didn't come. Our neighbor promptly asked another bus driver and then rushed back to us, grabbed my arm, and said "Come!" I later learned our scheduled bus had been in a minor accident and we were running to another location to catch a different bus. By the time we make it home its 5:30 and dark. As we are walking towards the apartment building, my neighbor notices my lights are on. We both find this strange, because I'm pretty sure (and hoping) I turned them off and we both knew that Bill was in Japan. My neighbor looked through the peep hole and said, "All on, strange!" As she held onto Luke, I opened the door and called into the apartment. Bill answered from the shower- he was home early. My neighbor was relieved and I was grateful that I wasn't crazy- I did turn the lights off.
Reminder to self- make sure I always turn the lights off when I leave. Switzerland for the most part is safe, I never considered that someone was in our flat. If someone had been this would have been a real concern for us and our neighbors. I don't think it ever crossed my neighbor's mind that I could have possibly left the lights on - people turn out the lights when they leave. I was grateful Bill was home - I think my neighbor was ready to call the police, I'm not sure she would have believed that I may have left the lights on.
