Chilly night. Moon so bright. Clear sky glittered by stars.
Spectacular! Spectacular!
Spectacular! Spectacular!
"Full moon! Oh! Full moon! Why thou never failst to amuseth moi?"
(This is another full-moon-conspiracy that the universe usually throws my way.)
I was out on an errand earlier when I remembered that I forgot to buy the Sunday paper, so I made a quick detour and hurriedly went to a newspaper stand. I was deflated when they told me that they didn't have any copies left of my usual newspaper, so I resigned myself to buying the only one available. As I was scanning the pages an article caught my eye - "Meteor Shower Dazzles Sky Tonight" - hoorah! They said that the peak would occur around the late night of the 17th to the early morning of the 18th. Because of this, I just kept on reading the paper because it's still quite early into the night. But there goes that "weird feeling" again that kept on bugging me to move my feet and go outside right this minute. Feeling irritated because I was sure that I won't see any "shooting stars" yet (boy!was I ever wrong), I grumpily told myself "Okay!okay!I'm going out already. I'll just check instead if the sky is clear." So off I went and once I got there, I looked up and was surprised when just a few seconds later, a shooting star flashed by. This made me smile big time and profusely thanked my "nagger-voice" after I said my wish.
Since it's already closing time, I closed the store and picked up a comfortable chair and set it up on our open garage area to have a better view of the sky. Everything's quiet, and as my dog Sam sat beside me asking for his usual dose of belly rub, I looked up to the sky once again and began to ponder some of the thoughts flitting across my mind. While mindlessly stroking Sam's fur, my mind settled on a thought and so I decided to play a little game with the universe; I'll send out a question and let the fates decide about it.
Here's our deal: If a shooting star appears within 15 minutes after I sent out my question, then the answer is a YES. But if nothing appears, then it's a NO.
As I whispered my question to the sky, I settled on my chair comfortably, checking the time occasionally. 5, 10 mins were up. Still nothing. 11...12...13... Nada. Then as the 14th minute began, I looked up once more and finally saw a flicker of light on my periphery. Oh my! There goes my answer! But what I saw disappointed me at first. It was just an airplane silently passing through. I was about to accept the answer as a NO when suddenly, the lyrics on a song popped on my mind...
My 15 minutes were up, and thanks to the universe, I didn't get a clear answer. What does it mean? Was it a flat out NO or was it an improvised YES? Mind games...mind games. Crazy mind games played by a lonesome fool that leaves her wide awake on this silent and chilly night once more...
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