Step 80: Psychic

Okay, I meant to post about this the other day, but I forgot so I'm posting it now.

Last Sunday night I forgot to take the dumpster out to the curb before I went to bed, so when I woke up spontaneously at 5 am, I remembered and rolled out of bed to take it out as the truck was pulling up to our block. Whew. Close call.

When I went back inside, I decided that I just didn't want to trudge back down the stairs to my bed, so I settled in to the couch (when I'm barely awake, EVERYTHING seems like too much effort, even going down a flight of stairs). I grabbed my phone and set the alarm for 7:45, with the thought that I'd get up then and take my mom's car to the mechanic (the battery's acting funny again). At 7:44 and maybe 56 seconds, I was startled awake by what I thought was my mom saying "Sarah, your alarm's about to go off." I was so sure, that I sat up straight and looked around for her. Then, less than 5 seconds later the alarm DID go off. Coincedence. I decided that I was still too tired to be awake, and my mom hadn't called to tell me they had an opening, so I decided to go back to sleep until she did.

A couple hours later, I woke up to what I again thought was my mom saying, "Sarah! Phone's ringing!" I sat up and not two seconds later the phone DID start ringing, it was my mom telling me to go ahead and take the car in. But now this is getting weird.

So, I took the car in, came home, ate breakfast and decided I needed a shower. So I gather my things and hop into the shower and while I'm in there, I think I hear the phone ringing again, but it's faint. Still, I grab my towel and walk out into my living room and listen. It's silent, so I think maybe I just missed the call. As I'm turning around to re-enter the shower, the phone rings. It's my mom.

"What'd the mechanic say?"
"Did you just try to call?"
"No, why?"
"I thought I heard the phone ring, I was showering."
"Oh. So what did the mechanic say?"

I finish that conversation, and decide that this is one too many coincedences, and I MUST have missed a call. I went upstairs to check the phone with caller ID...I did not miss any calls.

So either I was having some kind of psychic experience or a paranormal one...I don't know, but everything stopped once I went to work.

Anyway, I haven't got anything interesting from today, other than to note that this is the first laundry day since the last time I posted about it (on 11/18, yes I DO have that many pairs of socks and underwear because yes I DO hate laundry day that much).

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