My Instead: While partying with my girlfriend's friends, I did a
practical joke for the first time.
We all made it through last night’s “a hootin’ and a hollerin’” at
12 West in Farmington. We all know each other a little better now. Today we got
to spend the whole day and night together. And everyone was sober…for a while.
Kim, one of Annette’s friends, likes photography, so she and I
shared our talents with each other…her with her iPad and I with my laptop. We
talked and laughed, shared stories and even cried a little. It’s all part of
it. Then Kim told us an interesting story about how she and her husband Tom
always find dimes, sharing a few of the unlikely instances. At first they
dismissed it as coincidence and then realized it wasn’t. They decided to keep anymore
dimes that they might find. To date, they had found and collected 72 dimes. I
eventually asked if there was some connection to the dimes and something or
someone in their life. Kim immediately said that Tom’s father had collected
dimes. Wow! I think there’s some paranormal stuff going on here.
I am NOT a practical joker! But for some reason, I got the urge to
play a practical joke on Kim. Annette and I were both in on it…well, she was
the provider of the dimes. I started hiding dimes all over the place. When she
found the first one right by my laptop, she immediately (after a millisecond thinking
this was #73) said “You’re f------- with me, Mary”. Of course, I could not hold
a straight face. We laughed…well, I think she laughed. Yea sure, she laughed.
Anyway, later in the evening after spirits had been imbibed for a
bit, Tom’s dad’s spirit rose again. This time Tom found a dime on the step
leading to the bedrooms. He called to Kim who was outside around the bonfire. She
ran inside and he showed her the dime. Again, Kim endeared me with her “kind”
words. We laughed…well, I think she laughed. Yea sure, she laughed.
I just don’t know what got into me to suddenly become the
practical joker…but these “insteads” are sure fun sometimes!
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| The dime that Tom found on the step |
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| Me with Kim, Theresa, and Annette |
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