Beware the Unusual!

My Mother has a million sayings. One of her most used saying is "Beware the unusual!" Apparently there is some big shock/change in store for you when you start to encounter unusual things happening all together in a "cluster of events". I tried doing some research on this superstition, but couldn't unearth anything that could tell me what was suppose to happen (good? bad?) or where this superstition came from.

If you read my last blog post, you know that Mom and I encountered the unusual on Friday. I didn't really think anything of it or the superstition until this morning when Mom got out of bed at 7:15am and announced "I can't sleep anymore. I have so much to do today, I'm going to get up." Now this unusual occurrence really got my attention! As you know, Mom is a late sleeper. But not today! She got up, had breakfast, did the breakfast dishes, got dressed and even went outside to check on the progress of the dandelions on our front lawn. I'm floored. Who is this woman?

Compounding the unusual are all the phone calls that we've received this morning. Mom's friends generally do not call early in the morning, but 3 of them have called her this morning. Before noon. What is going on here?

I commented to Mom about all of this. And, of course, she said "Beware the unusual!". I wonder what's going to happen? Maybe Mom will win big on the lottery. Now wouldn't that be a nice surprise for her!?! Stay tuned!