I have a daily “Unexplained Mysteries” calendar from the History Channel. Most of the mysteries aren’t very mysterious. Some of them are just ancient ideas that have been debunked by science. But some of them are truly perplexing and fascinating.
Like these.
Sometimes I mull these over while I’m swimming in the morning. Inevitably, though, my mind wanders back to all the unexplained mysteries in my own life.
Why did my internet provider schedule an appointment for me three weeks ago, cancel it two weeks ago, then confirm yesterday they’d be here today? And this morning why did they send me a text telling me they’d arrive between 11:05 and 3:05 immediately—and I mean this quite literally—followed by a text saying they’d be here between 8:00 and noon?
Why does the guy at the pool begin every sentence with, “So anyway …”?
Why have the grasshoppers decimated my garden just when I figured out how to keep the deer away?
Why can I have a long, epic, incredibly detailed dream about my work-in-progress only to have it—POOF—disappear forever the minute my eyes blink open?
Why don’t I just make a German chocolate cake instead of lamenting the fact I don’t have one?
Why does my husband’s closed laptop suddenly begin playing music?
Why do I always pick the slowest check-out lane despite it having the fewest people in it?
Why do I still open the wrong drawer looking for a spoon when we changed the silverware drawer more than twenty years ago?
Why is there never enough ice cream in my freezer?
Why is it impossible to keep from veering toward the display of books on sale even when they’re not books I’m interested in?
Oh well. I guess I’ll go wait for my internet technician ….
What are the unexplained mysteries in your life?
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I can certainly relate to most of these questions. I might add:
Why to the squirrels and chipmunks chew on the wood railings of my patio?
Where DO those lost socks in the dryer go?
Why does unsubscribing to unwanted emails frequently result in MORE emails?
Why do I have to subscribe to websites that are free just to read a story that is forwarded to me? (I don’t subscribe, I just don’t read the story.)
Why can’t contractors bother to return calls when you have made it clear you want to spend money with them?
Why do people feel it necessary to drive recklessly just to get ahead of one more car?
I love your newsletters! No mystery there.
Yes! And why must I sign up with a store just to browse their selection of dresses??
And on the subject of unsubscribing … I unsubbed from something recently and it told me I’d be unsubscribed “within three weeks.” What?? In this age of technology it should happen as soon as I click the button. So weird and annoying.