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Tuesday, March 21, 2006Listen to your IntuitionSo, Monday after work I pick up some pizza and head over to my Grandmother's to have dinner with her and see some family pictures. Ma (Grandmother) had broken her ankle a while back, and though she is home now she still has a hard time walking because of the boot-cast she has to wear for another couple weeks. Which is why I had made plans to bring her some dinner, instead of taking her out to dinner as normal.Anyhoo. I pull into the parking lot of her complex, drive around once looking for the best spot, and finally pull into a non-handicap space two spaces from the back end of the lot. Oh well. I notice a woman sitting in the car next to mine, at first it's not clear what's going on. The car is running, but not in gear and has no lights on. Then I see a sandwich type thing in her hands making its way to her mouth. Okay, whatever. I put my car in park, grab the pizzas and my bag and start getting out. This is about when I'm hit with the feeling that my car is going to disappear if I leave it there. It's a strong enough feeling to make me pause at the thought and then even look at SUV. I look back at the woman sitting in the car, and the thought that she's going to steal it is what pops in my head. I dismiss that, because really, why would she steal my car? Though can you honestly tell if some stranger is going to steal your car just by looking at them? But then again, she's obviously got a car already, so again, why would she steal mine? At that I turn myself away and head in to see Ma. Roughly and hour and a half later, I'm back out in the parking lot to get into SUV and head home. Now mind you, this lot only has about 30 parking spots in total. The first half is a circle that only fits one car on the road at a time with parking spaces in the center of the circle, and the back half is literally a road only wide enough for two cars to pass with parking spots on either side. As I'm walking up to the back of the lot, I notice that I do not see SUV. At first confusion is the emotion. I narrow my eyes and take a good look as I'm walking to make sure there aren't any larger vehicles in the way and that I'm looking in the correct direction. Still no SUV. I turn my head, looking around to make sure I'm in the right place, and walk up to where I should be as I smile at myself for being silly because of course my car is there, and look back. No SUV. I stop moving. This wasn't one of those instances where I forgot where I had parked. I don't have to count to know I'm looking at the spots two spaces from the end of the lot. I look around again, as if somehow someone might have just moved my car to another spot, but that sinking feeling is starting to set in. I press the lock button on my keys anyway, which is my normal reaction to not being able to find my car because doing that causes the horn to honk so I can follow the noise. At that point I didn't expect any noise, and I didn't hear any either. I turn around and start to head back towards the building. My car is gone! I would say I couldn't believe it, but I had been warned and didn't do anything about it. There was a long span of time when I was trying to get myself to pay more attention to my intuition, because I had realized after years that my instincts/intuition was (almost?) always right. I had tried to get myself to stop before I acted and acknowledge what my instincts so that I could then choose to follow them (or ignore then if I really wanted, knowing they were usually right). Monday I was forced to stop and consider because my intuition yelled at me, and I failed to remember the years long lesson I had already learned, instead rationalizing away what I was being told. Listen to your intuition, Jennifer. Always listen, and don't dismiss out of hand because it seems illogical or improbable. (Of course this gets very problematic when we bring into account my huge fear of flying.) For those who care, it turned out SUV had been towed, not stolen. New rules about parking that were not posted had me in a resident only spot without a resident permit sticker. SUV is home safe and sound, though not that I've checked for damage yet. Comments
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A woman's intuition is almost never wrong. The only exceptions are being drunk, getting over emotional, and being on drugs. I'm glad to hear suv is fine though and I hope your grandmother gets better soon. ~Me
vosch_karanek said:
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Whew!!!... Had me rattled for a spell because I know your car was at your house on Tuesday... *winks* Glad things turned out okay. |
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