Do you believe in fate?

Okay, so this is long but I think it's worth reading. So grab a cuppa and bear with me! All completely true!

Gecko was a little depressed today, well not a full blown depression of course, more just a very sad day. A fight has been brewing between BP and I, after all it is sale-time and one usually erupts around this time! Well this morning it certainly erupted, and while I won't rant or go into details, I can tell you it wasn't pretty.

I got a call from work this morning saying they didn't need me today (yay!), but then came organising the muster. One thing led to another, and BP ended up storming off to do the muster, and I jumped (err, stormed) into my car and took off into town. Today was a dreary day when it came to the weather, and even though I was miles away from home I couldn't enjoy myself. I just wanted to be by myself, silly to head into town then wasn't it! I did all my little jobs I needed to do, then tried organising to catch up with my friend, but she had her phone off. One thing I can't stand is people owning mobile phones and leaving them switched off or not having them with them. WHY HAVE A PHONE?

I spent some time in the public library too, caught up on my favourite magazines but even that wasn't relaxing, someone in there had a screaming kid...who started screaming as soon as they came in because it was happy and wanted attention, then started crying and screaming because it wasn't getting any attention. I couldn't see it, but my guess is he was about 2 or 3, and all the mother was doing was was shushing him every 5 minutes or so. CONTROL YOUR KID!!!

Okay, so chances are I'm a teeny bit hormonal...but that's not the point. I'm single, been single for 2 years, and 340 days of the year I love being single. Then there's a day every now and again when I would really like someone to turn to and I get very upset (okay, did someone say hormonal? =P). So last night I went to sleep incredibly upset ('I'm getting so old, I'm going to die alone with my 100 cats' ) etc etc. And it still hadn't worn off this morning.

Now, I believe everything happens for a reason. And I'm starting to believe things happen in day to day life to tell you something, you just need to tune in to listen to them. For example, driving into town this morning I was bawling my eyes out (don't you dare say the H word...) and going around a bend, a car coming from the opposite direction cut the corner and almost crashed into me. After I got over the shock, I thought perhaps that was the universe/God ...whatever you believe in, telling me to stop being such a sook and get on with my day.

On that same note, something strange happened today in town. Still feeling sorry for myself, and wondering if I could save money and buy 100 cats in bulk, you know just to be prepared, I parked my car in the carpark of the shopping center, and opened my door to get out. Well, it was almost taken off by someone in a ute. We both stopped what we were doing, then I pulled my door closed to allow them to park. When they were safely snuggled into the parking spot, I got out and started putting my jacket on. Whaddya know, it was a guy my age! But that's not the shocking part...he said, "thankyou". Ha! Most guys my age are self-centered bums who wouldn't say thankyou or please for their life. But here was a young guy, not all that bad looking either, saying thankyou just because I closed my door. I was chuffed. Is that the right word? I didn't know what to say, so I just said "that's okay, I was just going to put my jacket on anyway." *slaps forehead* Gah! Gecko! But I kept going, heading to the newsagency I couldn't help but smile, see, there are still some decent guys out there!

So, I'm at the newsagency now, looking for a "Do Not Bend" stamp. Couldn't find any sort of stamps at all but I still had a goofy smile on my face from the ute encounter. Then something made me look up, and whaddya know the ute guy is there too!!! (That's where you say, wow! Must be fate! Go and marry him now!) I would have, but what do you say? "Are you stalking me?" "Wow! You like newsagencies too?" or perhaps the good ol' "So...do you come here often? Nah, I didn't think so. And before I could decide, he was gone. Damn. But thankyou universe/God...I get the message. Don't give up!

Deciding I had cooled off enough, I decided to head home. But I needed to eat so I headed to McDonalds. Got some disgustingly greasy fatty food, ate half of it then saw a girl I know. She was the last person I felt like talking to, so I ditched the food, grabbed my medium coke and made a run for it while she was at the counter. I wasn't 5 paces out the front door and the coke almost came to grief too...right there in the carpark, the ute guy!!!! Okay, so I know what you're thinking...STALKER! But I highly doubt it. Fate? Perhaps. But I got in the car and drove home, never to see him again. Or will I?