Staring down at the busy street the wind gusts and my foot slips from the ledge. I try to grab ahold of the bricks as I am slipping, but it comes loose. Staring upward at the sky as if I were lying in a meadow with luscious grass all around me, I am content. Except I am plunging towards certain death right at this moment. I am having no thoughts of clarity at this moment. I am just falling and looking at the sky as I get further from it and closer to the ground. 6:30AM: WAKING UP 6:35AM: SHOWER/SHAVE 6:45AM: GET DRESSED/HAIR 7:00AM: COFFEE/BREAKFAST/MAKE LUNCH 7:20AM: OUT OF THE DOOR & OFF TO SCHOOL This is the weekday morning every morning except on Wednesdays and FID (Flexible Instruction Day). No more snow days for these kids. If there is snow flying and the roads are unsafe, these kids are bundled up inside on their computers going to school. The days are fine usually and without incident. Today was no different. We carried out the daily routine, but the day changed abruptly when I was met at my house by a shining Black SUV pulling in behind me. First off, where did they come from, and secondly, why are they in my driveway right now? I remember pulling into the development and nobody was behind me. I know for sure that nobody was behind me when I turned into my driveway. Where did these guys come from? Also, it has been snowing and icing for the last several days. This car was so clean it was like it was from an ad or something. Nobody got out of the car. The vehicle started to rumble and then vanished. I am talking poof, gone, see ya, your dad that left you 10 years ago to get cigarettes gone. Nowhere to be found. There were no tire tracks where the vehicle was. There were no signs of the vehicle ever being before my eyes. However, I had another idea of how to tell if there was something there or not by using a thermal imaging camera. I fired up my FLIR E95 Camera and looked where I thought I saw a black SUV. There it was, the heat signature of something, but definitely not a car. It was too small to be a car. Maybe a motorcycle or something, but not a huge SUV. What did I just see? I went back inside and sat at my kitchen table. I called my wife to let her know what had just happened. She didn't pick up. As usual, she has her phone attached to her hand until I call her. Typical. I hang up. The phone rings right back, its her calling me back. Maybe I shouldn't have been so harsh about her not picking up. Anyhow, I pick up the phone and answer. The other end can only be described as a horror scream and click. Okay - now I have to get the police involved but by the time I got to my front door to leave, the black SUV was back. This time there were three of them. Again, nobody got out. However, the ground began to rumble, dishes started to clank, and I felt like I was going to be sick all of the sudden. I woke up on my ceiling and then slammed down to my floor again knocking the wind out of me which made me think of the last time that actually happened to me. I can't think of a time recently. I finally get my wits about me and put my back against the wall. I notice that my lip is busted too due to the blood on the ground. I make my way to my feet and start to look out of the window but it is so bright that I can barely stand it. It felt like I was staring directly into the sun from 3 point distance. Then I hear it for the first time. Unexplainable noise that came in three rapid successions then the rumble again. The world was silent and dark now. It is soon interrupted by the bright light and loud sound followed by the rumble. The rumble seemed really distant this time. Like it happened on the block, but not my neighbor. I could see now. I could see my entire housing development, but we were not in Slippery Rock anymore. This was very different. This time the vehicles out in front of my house looked more like miniature Airstream camper. They looked industrial for sure but this time little multicolored gecko-looking things popped out. Hundred of them popped out of this little camper. As they got closer they grew into giant Shrek almost beings. Not pleasing to the eyes, but my God there are hundreds of them in this little camper thing and the other two vehicles didn't even open up. I'm starting to freak now. I am wondering where I am, what these are, and what do these things want? They rang the doorbell. #EnjoyTheJourney