I went in the pool this afternoon and left Kate in our bedroom where she was working on her iPad. She told me she was going to take a nap. When I came in 40 minutes later, I didn’t see her in the bedroom and assumed she must have gone in her room for a nap, something that is not unusual.
After my shower, I went to her room to check on her. She wasn’t there. I went outside and didn’t see her. I came back in the house for another look. Still no sign of her. I went back outside. Coming back from the side of the house opposite from our driveway, I saw her on the other side of the driveway. When I got close, I could see that she was actually in the neighbor’s yard and was pulling leaves and branches off of a large shrub that is 7-8′ tall. She had removed all the leaves off of about a third of the shrub. I told her that was a shrub that belonged to the neighbors. She said she knew but that it needed trimming. She commented that now it looked better. When we got back from dinner, I called the neighbor who was very understanding as I expected she would be. We had a nice conversation. I told her I would try to see that it doesn’t happen again but that it could be hard to prevent unless I am outside with her all the time. Again, she was very understanding and said not to worry about it.
