Retrograde

Strange occurrences have been particularly frequent in the last few weeks. Here are some examples:

Last night I met a friend for dinner at a hotel in Downtown Los Angeles, where she was staying. After our meal, I wanted to see the room, so I accompanied her up the elevator, and down the hallway where she put her key in the door, and we entered a dark room. She mentioned that it was odd, the lights being off, as she could swear she had left them on. She wondered out loud if housekeeping had been in the room as we both searched for a light switch. I pushed the flashlight button on my phone and shined it on her, standing next to the bed, still fumbling for a light.

“Holly, there’s a man in here!” she said, sounding confused.

A shirtless man sat up in bed, stunned as I shined my flashlight on him, and my friend ran towards me.

“Is this not my room?!” she said, as we got the hell out of there.

Upon closing the door and dying laughing in the hallway, we realized that it w…