Friday, December 19, 2008

The case of the “automatic” bifold door

Tonight marks my first night sleeping alone in my new house, and in my master bedroom too. (Previous two nights we slept on the balcony ‘cos I was complaining of the solvent/paint smell in the master bedroom).

It was midnight and I was getting ready to turn in for the night. I shut the bifold door that leads to the toilet, shut the room door, and turned off the lights. Less than 5 min after my head hit the pillow, my bifold door which was already shut, opened, then shut again…
For those who are not familiar with bifold doors, they are doors that open and close from the middle, kind of like an accordion. Naturally when it open and shut “automatically” I was freaked out… doors aren’t supposed to open and shut by themselves! Are there ghosts in my brand new house? Or worse, an unknown intruder?

Faced with all those nagging thoughts and pointless worrying, I had trouble falling asleep, and even when I finally did, I didn’t sleep well, and woke up feeling very lethargic this morning.

Sigh… I just hope this is a one-off thing, and not signify anything ominous…

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