Today I finished running the Army Ten Miler with my cousin.
Surprisingly, I'm not too sore, considering I hardly trained for this
event. I caught a cold about a week ago and missed my last two long
runs, so I was concerned whether or not I would be well in time or
prepared enough. But, I persevered through the pain (around mile 8, my
left calf started cramping and I could feel a blister forming on my
right foot) and crossed the finish line a humble 2.5 hrs later :) My
cousin also did not adequately train for the run, so our primary goal
was to not be cut off at the 5 mile mark. After that, we just didn't
want to finish last!
Afterwards,
I went home to try and take nap and rest my weary legs; however, I was
still full of energy from the race. So, I found myself idly laying in
bed, staring into space. Finally, I looked over at my landline¹ phone
on the dresser beside my bed and thought, "Hmm, I might as well check
my messages. I haven't done that in a while." "You have 19 new
messages."
Oh boy.I
skipped through all the telemarketing and election calls.
Delete.
Delete. But then I came across a strange message... it was a song. Not
just any song. It was a song whose title included MY name. It was the Steve Perry/Journey song, "Oh Sherrie". No voice
message, just the first verse and opening line of the chorus. From an unknown number. Sent September 26th at 4:01PM.
But,
what made it weirder was that this has happened before. In fact,
two
years ago almost to the day. Last time, it was a different song, Frankie Vallie's "Sherry Baby", and it was sent on September 29th.
Ironically (or is it coincidentally??), both of those days happen to be
the last Friday in September. That realization kinda weirded me out.
One
time, it might be a fluke. But a second time, with a different, yet
somewhat related song on the same day of the year, two years later...
now that's just creepy. Just out of curiosity, I checked my calendar to
see what I was doing on the last Friday in September last year. That was the night I went to the Bob Dylan concert at Merriweather and then visited a friend in Baltimore.
When
I got that song message the first time, I wondered who it was but
didn't think too much of it. I thought it was an old co-worker who was
stalking me or my friend from Cali that I'd had a crush on for over a
year or it could've been a total stranger. After all, it's not that
difficult to find my listing in the phone book. Someone who is bored
might find it entertaining to play music on people's voice mail. Well,
either way, it's just strange. And mysterious. Why would someone do
that???
Coincidence? Have I mentioned that I believe everything happens for a reason? You decide for yourself.
1.
I only give my landline # out to people/companies to whom I do not want
to give my cell #. Really, I should just get rid of it altogether.
Previously, I used it for DSL service, but now I've got FiOS :)
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