So today was an absolutely gorgeous day outside
today! So I called up by friend and told her that we NEEDED to go out and enjoy
the day. I promptly (20 minutes later) got out of bed, showered, brushed teeth,
remembered to eat breakfast, and rode my bike over to her house. From her house
we decided to go to the farmers market since it was Saturday and I have never
went.
We walked the 3 km to the farmers market, heard
some good street performers on the violin, guitar and even the bagpipes, and
some not so good yodeling, free samples of flavored butters, perogy hybrid food
in a yummy dill sauce, and for early desert, frozen chocolate cheesecake on a
stick! Yup you heard it right. Cheesecake Chocolate. On a stick!
After wondering around the shops and buying
$150 worth of books we decided to head back to the house. Well before we did
that, Cha Island, one of our favorite local spots for amazing waffles and
drinks, we stopped and had a tequila sunrise and a meitia, while we discussed
the merits of buying sidewalk chalk, skipping ropes and then Jill trying to
convince me to stop at the store next door for a tarot card reading.
I was brought up on a Catholic religion, went
to Catholic school for four years and then decided to explore the Christian
side (which I still am not able to discern too much of a difference between the
two religions but supposedly there is a BIG difference) throughout high school.
Maybe this history with religion made me really skeptical of the tarot card
reading. Actually in fact I was nervous about it and almost decided against
going, but that’s what friends do, push you to try new and different
things.
After having our olfactory senses assaulted
with scented candles burning and incense everywhere, the overly cheerful owner
came up to us and started to rattle off the many specials they had that day on
cleansing rocks, certain tarot cards decks, and more candles for sale. Shortly
afterwards, she said they had a special guest at the store that day, a local
tarot reader that also did magic tricks. He came out and treated us with a mini
show, making coins disappear and rubber balls multiply. It was entertaining and
quickly put a smile on our faces in the mystery of his tricks. After the show
we both signed up for his private tarot readings. I admittedly was nervous but
also a little excited to try it.
The first thing I though of when I stepped into
the room was, ‘ok, kinda creepy and weird’, since the first thing that Ian the
reader did was turn off the lights, have a single candle burning and low music
on in the back ground. He was a pretty easygoing guy and quickly set me at ease
by going into the spiel about what to do and what the cards are supposed to do.
He placed many cards in my hand until I bid him
stop and the top card was for me to look at and try to understand how it makes
me feel. Afterwards I was to put the card facedown in the middle of the table
while the rest of the stack was put away.
First thing he did was to clos his eyes and
placed his hands over the card and said that he was getting an image of a
‘red-haired raggedy Anne type of doll’. It was crazy he said that because just
earlier that day Jill and I were talking about Chucky and that she wants to
dress up as him for Halloween this year and how creeped out I still am by my
childhood nightmare. Which I still have an unhealthy fear of dolls to this day.
That was weird and how could he possible now of
this but this was just the beginning of the session and I was interested in
what else he had to say.
Right away he also said he was getting an
impression of wearing gloves, which for my job I wear constantly. He said work
gloves like the big leather ones, which is close enough considering most
people, do in my profession I just prefer to wear latex gloves when taking oil
samples.
My supervisors, according to this guy, look on
me with respect and are happy with my work. Within the next 3 months at work I
will be given an opportunity to further my career with being given more
responsibility and I will then have to make a choice whether or not to take it.
It isn’t necessarily for financial gain but will lead to it
eventually. Also about work, he said that I wouldn’t be good at a desk
job. And that is very true! He said that I could do a mix of desk and other work
but nothing in the sales department, especially when having to go into peoples
faces and saying ‘Buy this, and buy it now!’ I don’t like going into stores
with those type of salesmen so, yeah, I don’t think I could ever do anything
like that! And desk jobs suck! You stare at a computer screen for eight hours a
day, how do people NOT go insane by this?!
Ian also said that I get frustrated with people
who are procrastinators. This is very true. I get sick and tired of people who
won’t do things as quickly as I would like and therefore have the mentality
that ‘if you want it done right, do it yourself’ but yet I am one of the
biggest procrastinators out there! It’s very contradictory, I know but that IS
how I think and how would this total stranger know this about me?
He felt a masculine aura around me, and then
asked if I was with someone. I currently am not dating anyone but have a good
friend, Trevor, who I usually hang out with at least once if not twice a week
with, this could be the ‘presence’ he felt. But within the next month and a
half I will meet someone who has a calming effect on me and I will feel a
connection to in the pit of my stomach. If we do not work out the first time,
this mysterious person will come back around and we will meet again one day. (I
really hope this part comes true! I would like to have a boy in my life again!)
He
guessed that I was thinking about buying a house. I am young but really looking
forward to owning my own house where I can do whatever I want, have a yard and
garden and a dog!
Really paraphrasing now because I have a
horrible memory but he was saying something along the line that I like
stability in my life and enjoy the fruits of it, but once it gets to stable
that I want/need change. That is the truest thing he said! Anything I do, once
I stop learning and things become routine, I get tired of it quickly and need a
change of scenery, whether its changing jobs, or moving cities, or a lifestyle
change.
Some of these things that he said were spot on!
Like the procrastinator stuff and the fact that I wear gloves for work! Oh and
the doll thing, that’s really f**cking creep. * shudder * dolls….
I don’t know if I
would say I believe in tarot cards or fortune telling, but it was a really neat
experience that I would like to do again one day and then compare what the two
people have to say, see if there’s any overlap and if the calming guy comes
into my life by the end of summer!!
