One ticket to Strangeville please!

One day last week, I woke up, got ready and went downstairs to my car to go hang out with my friend Chen. I got into my car, buckled up, and turned on the engine. As I was about to pull out, I noticed something under my windshield.

Now, living in Minneapolis, advertisers often put flyers or coupons under people's windshields in parking lots at malls and the like. But, this was at my apartment building. Besides, it looked more like someone had stuck a piece of garbage under my wiper. Imagine my surprise when I picked it up to discover this:



If you can't read it, it says "Orla, I stopped by. -Xina (Xing?) Mwah!"

I pondered for a moment. Who could have left a note such as this? "Orla" is pretty close (sounding) to "Laura", but no one has ever called me that. It would be pretty strange to invent a new nickname on an obscure note under my windshield.

I looked it up online. Orla is short for Órfhlaith, which means "golden princess". Órfhlaith, now there's a sexy name. It sounds like a sound someone would make after just being punched in the stomache. Maybe that will catch on as my new nickname (no).

Back to the note, I did just have some friends over for a dinner/hottub party the night before. But they all came inside, so I doubt any of them would put a note like this on my car. Also, none of them go by "Xena" or "Xeng" or whatever the heck that says.

A scary thought flashed through my mind at that point... what if the person who left the note was the same person who stole my purse, thereby knowing my address and what kind of car I have? Thank goodness I changed my locks! But, I think that this option is too scary to truly consider. I'd have to change my terror alert (over to the right) to "Ernie" if that was the case. Besides, why wouldn't they just use my real first name (as that's all they know)? Its kind of an ineffectual note, as I'm not called Orla and I don't know who Xeng is.

That brings us to my conclusionary thought, that maybe the note-leaver left their note on the wrong car. Since I don't want to ask my friends if they happened to leave it, and I don't want to believe that some weirdo's been to my house and car, I'm choosing to go with this option. Dang - perhaps the conceal and carry is a good idea for me afterall!