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Damn those premonitions

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Real Estate Agent with Jameson Sotheby's International Realty

My mother just called me on the cell phone.

She'd had a premonition that I wasn't "Okay", so she reached out to find out if I was "okay".

I told her that I was fine... she was nervous, 'cause "she hadn't heard from me in a while".  We spoke yesterday.  She doesn't remember.

I'm fine, but now I'm nervous.

I'm looking over my shoulder and waiting for that Acme Anvil to drop from they sky.  You know, waiting for that other shoe to drop.

Crap.

Posted by

 ALAN MAY, Realtor®   
Specializing in Evanston Real Estate and North Shore Real Estate

Jameson Sotheby's International Realty, 2934 Central Street, Evanston, IL 60201
Office: 847.869.7300      Cell: 847.924.3313      Email: Almay@aol.com

Evanston Real Estate & North Shore Real Estate
Licensed in Illinois

   

Comments (11)

Connie Goodrich
Keller Williams Realty - McKinney, TX
CRS ABR (McKinney Realtor)Texas

Moms sometimes know ... then again, some mom's like to worry a lot.  Just enjoy your day, sometimes being tentative yields more problems then approaching with confidence.  Tell your mom you love her too and let her do the worrying for both of you.

Oct 12, 2015 05:43 AM
Alan May

I made it through the day... phew.

Oct 12, 2015 08:46 AM
William Feela
WHISPERING PINES REALTY - North Branch, MN
Realtor, Whispering Pines Realty 651-674-5999 No.

It may have been heartburn...Mom's have these feelings often and I sometimes think it is to let us know that we have not called enough

Oct 12, 2015 05:52 AM
Alan May

I call my mother at least once a day...

Oct 12, 2015 08:46 AM
Susan Emo
Sotheby's International Realty Canada - Brokerage - Kingston, ON
Kingston and the 1000 Islands Area

My Mother and my oldest brother have this connection and I don't know of any time she's been wrong!  Intuition is said to be God's whisper so pay heed

Oct 12, 2015 06:08 AM
Alan May

believe me... I've been on my best behaviour today.

Oct 12, 2015 08:47 AM
Marte Cliff
Marte Cliff Copywriting - Priest River, ID
Your real estate writer

You're a good son, like my baby boy who calls nearly every day just to reassure me that yes, he's OK. I know - nervous Nellie - but he does have a fairly dangerous job, so it makes me feel good to hear his voice at day's end. 

Don't worry - she was probably just thinking about you and wanting reassurance.

Oct 12, 2015 06:15 AM
Alan May

I have a dangerous job, too.  I'm a Rea-lah-ter!

Oct 12, 2015 08:47 AM
Patricia Kennedy
RLAH@Properties - Washington, DC
Home in the Capital

My mother always said she worried so much about us because if she didn't something bad would happen.  Interesting life strategy, but it worked for her!

Oct 12, 2015 07:13 AM
Alan May

truly an interesting strategy.

Oct 12, 2015 08:48 AM
Kathleen Daniels, Probate & Trust Specialist
KD Realty - 408.972.1822 - San Jose, CA
Probate Real Estate Services

Crap is right, Alan . Let's hope that was an isolated incident and the forgetting stuff that happened yesterday does not continue to happen.

Oct 12, 2015 08:33 AM
Alan May

oh... the forgetting is with us... mom has Alzheimer's... the forgetting is here to stay.

Oct 12, 2015 08:48 AM
Tim Bradley
Contour Investment Properties - Jackson Hole, WY
Commercial Real Estate Expert in Jackson Hole, WY

My mom complained today that she can't remember any of the last week. Of course she can't. She fractured three vertebrae, has been on pain meds, and had surgery yesterday. I don't even know why she wants to remember that!

And she's fine now...just has old age/osteoporosis.

Oct 12, 2015 09:10 AM
Alan May

pain meds will do that.

Oct 12, 2015 09:26 AM
Chris Ann Cleland
Long and Foster Real Estate - Gainesville, VA
Associate Broker, Bristow, VA

Too bad she can't forget that she had the bad feeling in the first place.  

Oct 12, 2015 09:17 AM
Alan May

oh... she's forgotten it already... I just got off the phone with her... she tells me she had a tough day at work... she's exhausted.

Oct 12, 2015 09:27 AM
Lou Ludwig
Ludwig & Associates - Boca Raton, FL
Designations Earned CRB, CRS, CIPS, GRI, SRES, TRC

Alan

Stuff happens . . . . but I forget what it was.

Good luck and success.

Lou Ludwig

Oct 12, 2015 01:33 PM
Alan May

I think I've been there, and done that... but I forget.

Oct 12, 2015 10:50 PM
Sheila Anderson
Referral Group Incorporated - East Brunswick, NJ
The Real Estate Whisperer Who Listens 732-715-1133

Good morning Alan. I hope your Mom is OK. I think she has more to worry about than you do.

Oct 12, 2015 10:23 PM
Alan May

she hasn't had anything to worry about for years.

Oct 12, 2015 10:50 PM
Mark Piscitelli & Theresa Ziebro
Remax Trinity - Brecksville, OH

Funny stuff, Alan!  You lightened my mood this morning.  

Oct 13, 2015 12:02 AM