Not all housemates are human

I came home late last Saturday night. I didn't bother to switch the lights on when I went into the kitchen and I walked straight into a red ghost hovering at the oven. Now I must tell you, I'm not that easily impressed by ghostly energy and I always check for the merely mortal explanations - reflected light, appliances left on, rats eating electricity, stalker shining a torch through the ceiling vents.. I couldn't find any other source of energy that could give off this particular red figure, so I said 'hi' to Cooking Ghost.

I must also mention that I already know I live in a haunted house. I'll introduce you to the other residents I've met so far;

Well you've already met Cooking Ghost (he/she was standing at the oven), he shares the kitchen with Hanging Man who enjoys hanging out in black clothes dangling from the ceiling (not scary the 50th time you see it); then there's Sue who I met on the first night I stayed here, she's a young foster mum and her finger bones hurt from all the washing; the Sparkles Mob who are a collection of beautiful silver shooting sparks; the Ticklies who tickle me and make me giggle; there's Axe Man who tried and succeeded in scaring the absolute crap out of me as you could imagine; Patricia who was/is an old battleaxe who passed away in the house, she gets really ticked off when the house gets too dirty and chases me around the house with a mop and a broom.

But there's two that scare me the most. They are Swirly Black Oil Ghost and Very, Very Angry Man - these two made me cry. They have an awesome amount of energy and can become quite physical. Very Very Angry Man was able to put his hands around my neck, choke me and squash all the air out of my lungs. Suffice to say, they now have an entire room to themselves, I don't go in there at all.

When I moved in, there was also a pile of Sue's kids who constantly ran riot around the place, knocking things over and flying in and out of rooms. With the help of a lovely psychic, we were able to move on these little sprites to the other side. I think they come back as the Sparkles and Ticklies Mob now and then, they're very cute.

When I first saw Cooking Ghost the other night, I was really worried that it was red so I went on the internet and googled 'red spirit energy' thinking it would offer up terms relating to anger. But the spirit world is a different commodity to the mortal one, and red actually signifies 'protection' and 'healing'. I must admit I didn't feel at all threatened by this energy at the oven, so it seems I've nothing much to worry about with Cooking Ghost. Maybe he's helping out Hanging Man find some peace.

I'm about to start the process of finding a new (human) housemate as I can't afford to live here on my own (see earlier paragraph about the difference between spirit and mortal commodities). I'm not entirely lonely though as I do have a beautiful little red dog and he's a protector too, he likes to show his protection by growling at people. Whoever moves in will need to respect our space. I'm wondering if I should advertise "House To Share: Must Like Dogs. And Ghosts"