I went to the psychic fair

Adelaide seems to have a lot of these events and my friend Dija and I (as well as her mum and her sister, Linda) love to get along and have a reading or three to find out what's in store for us.

Linda always wants to know if she's going to have another baby, Dija (being a mother of seven) wants to know if she can rest easy that there are NO MORE BABIES and I'm usually far less interested in babies and much moreso in prophecies of fame and fortune and basically how much longer until I get on Oprah, dammit.

I was a little concerned that today they all said pretty much the same thing and it had nothing to do with fame or fortune. Specifically they said that I have way too much nervous energy, my nervous system is very "shaky" and that if I don't do something about letting go of stress and worry, I'm going to get sick. hmm... ok. I've been a bit stressed so that's a fair call. Except one woman went as far as to say "I mean it! If you want to be around for your daughter, you will pay attention to my advice!". EEK. That's a bit serious.?!

I know lots of people are sceptical of these things but some things were said that were kind of freaky. For example, one woman who said (like they all say) that I will have a baby boy told me what name she thought he would have. It is only in the past week that I have been thinking that this IS the name I would like for my baby boy. (and no, I'm not telling you what it is!). Trust me, it's not a common name. It's a name that's a bit dorky so I've been tossing it around thinking "I wonder if my kid would get paid out if I called him this" so it blew me away that she said this was going to be his name, with absolutely no prompting from me.

One also told me that someone close to me (she named the person) is suffering from a particular medical condition (which is true). Again, I'm not going to go into details because it's personal but it is a very specific thing and not something a psychic could just pull out randomly and pin on a person thinking it's general enough to get a few "hits". Not a chance.

There was talk of a person called Helen who has cats. Mel's mother is Helen and she fosters abandoned cats from the RSPCA. There was something else about Mel being totally shitted off with his work (which he is) and that she's amazed he hasn't told them to get stuffed (so am I). And lots more stuff that was all interesting and insightful.

Whether it's a load of drivel or not, for me it was worth the money to have a fun morning out with girlfriends comparing psychic predictions...