Intruders...

Not of the "I'm going to steal your valuables" sort, though. I woke up this morning, walked into the living room, and found my witchy cabinet with one of its doors standing wide open. (My witchy cabinet contains all my herbs and magical items, and it also serves as my altar.) Needless to say, my teeth have been edge since I saw that, and thinking about it, I was feeling odd when I woke up, too. It was one of those times when something is just off.

I didn't really think about it too much, though. But when I snapped at Camden for the fourth or fifth time in less than two hours, well, I knew I had to do something about it. Something was in my home and was upsetting the balance that we have.

So I decided to smudge the apartment (with my homemade smudge sticks nonetheless). I finished that up by sprinkling salt at all the openings: windows, front door, and pipes leading out (sinks and the like). And finally, I sprinkled a solid line of salt just outside my front door, to protect not only from little nasties like got in last night, but from unwanted visitors in general. And I topped it all off by recharging my home protection charm that sits near the front door: ideally it would catch these things, but since I can't remember the last time I recharged it (oops!), it's not so surprising that it didn't.

And it goes without saying that I feel much more comfortable now (even if the smoke from the smudge is somewhat irritating!)