a scary story
i somehow managed to get this year’s version of the killer bug. i took the day off because i could barely drag myself out of bed. i wasn’t hungry for anything throughout the day, but knew i would eventually need to eat something. i went to the whole foods market in the afternoon to get some soup. as i passed the juice bar, i thought a smoothie would probably feel better in my belly. i noticed a guy in line glancing at me. he took 3 phone calls while waiting for his smoothie and spoke in a very thick NY accent. i paid for my vibrant C and walked out of the store. the guy was outside. he looked at me in a weird way. he started walking towards me and got ANOTHER phone call. drug dealer ? i don’t know. i hurried to my car and drove away. i went to walgreens to get benadryl and nyquil, but got distracted by the card isle. as i browsed the cards, i felt piercing eyes disecting me. i looked to my right and there was the guy. he kept picking up random cards… different themes: his birthday, her birthday (i don’t want to meet his friends) and kept looking at me in the same weird way. i think he confused me with someone he knows. he looked at me as if wondering “do i know you from somewhere ??” or “i know you from somewhere but i did a lot of drugs in the 80s.” i wasn’t going to stick around to find out. so i ran out of the store as quickly as possible.