Sunday, September 17, 2006
money well spent, but for the wrong reason
I get some of my sense of adventure from my mom. We both always like to try new things, go new places, and sometimes will pick the less attractive item just because no one else has one like it. I often find myself getting into situations that common sense would dictate "No! Stay away!" but I have to go along just to see what is going to happen.
My mom's daring side often comes out when she's on eBay. Sometimes, when she sees an unusual auction, her curiousity overwhelms her and she has to place a bid. Last spring she won an auction to receive a psychic reading and a picture of her spirit guide. For only eight bucks, how could she go wrong?
A few weeks later she recived a letter in the mail.
There's not a lot to say about the letter. It droned on about people we don't know, situations we have never been in, and my mom's Aunt Olive, who never existed, but is apparently now mom's spirit guide. She mentions the two sons my mom is going to have, Michael and Anthony, which is odd because my mom is pushing 60 and has three sons, none of which are named Michael or Anthony. She said my gramma is visiting my mom on the farm, but fails to mention which farm. Is Mom supposed to meet Gramma at Knotts Berry Farm? That's the closest farm connection I could come up with. At any rate, the letter made no sense, which is strange because usually, if someone just takes random guesses, they can at least come up with at least something that a person can identify with.
The really fun part, however, was the last page of the letter. It revealed the big mystery: the drawing of Olive, my mom's spirit guide! The spirit guide who watches over my mom, guides her through life, stays with her every step of the way, is none other than:
keep scrolling...
just a little bit further now...
I'm speechless.
My mom's daring side often comes out when she's on eBay. Sometimes, when she sees an unusual auction, her curiousity overwhelms her and she has to place a bid. Last spring she won an auction to receive a psychic reading and a picture of her spirit guide. For only eight bucks, how could she go wrong?
A few weeks later she recived a letter in the mail.
There's not a lot to say about the letter. It droned on about people we don't know, situations we have never been in, and my mom's Aunt Olive, who never existed, but is apparently now mom's spirit guide. She mentions the two sons my mom is going to have, Michael and Anthony, which is odd because my mom is pushing 60 and has three sons, none of which are named Michael or Anthony. She said my gramma is visiting my mom on the farm, but fails to mention which farm. Is Mom supposed to meet Gramma at Knotts Berry Farm? That's the closest farm connection I could come up with. At any rate, the letter made no sense, which is strange because usually, if someone just takes random guesses, they can at least come up with at least something that a person can identify with.
The really fun part, however, was the last page of the letter. It revealed the big mystery: the drawing of Olive, my mom's spirit guide! The spirit guide who watches over my mom, guides her through life, stays with her every step of the way, is none other than:
keep scrolling...
just a little bit further now...
I'm speechless.
