... Her ghost! ...

Curious. I’m not saying it IS a ghost. I’m just saying it IS a little strange.

So, the ceiling fan in the living room has a light on it, as many do. It is powered by a switch on the wall and the fan and light settings are set by a chintzy remote. Typically the switch is OFF as we rarely use the light (overhead light? Blech!) and we rarely use the fan, unless it is really warm inside.

Now, sometimes when the fan is running, it will spontaneously change directions even when the remote is sitting up on the mantle away from everything. It is disconcerting, but can easily be written up as radio interference or perhaps the crappiness of the remote/fan.

But, on occasion, the actual SWITCH will be flipped into the ON position from the OFF position by something other than human hands.

This falls into the ‘little bit more creepy’ camp as it will take place when the house is dark at bedtime or sometimes while we are watching a movie. Suddenly, the switch is flipped and the fan and light come in at full. Yes, the SWITCH which was previously in the OFF position is toggled to the ON position and suddenly, glaring overhead light and high speed air circulation commence. Other times the opposite takes place.

Keep in mind, I am a bit of a compulsive electricity miser and am constantly turning shit off. Sometimes I follow The Strangelet around and turn off lamps and switches behind her saying things like, “do we *really* need this light on? Come on!”. I know that the switch this very evening was in the OFF position, while I was showering and The Strangelet was putting away laundry it somehow ended up in the ON position.

So, unless the dogs figured out how to use the switch or the cats finally completed their ‘reaching stick’ something is wantonly toggling our switches.

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