I went to a psychic
I have this paper I have to write for school, where I have to experience two religions. I am very non-religious so this has proved to be quite difficult for me. Over the last eight weeks I have planned six different experiences and they have all fallen through. I am now down to the deadline so I am no longer planning, I am doing things on a whim. So the psychic. . .
Her office(?) was within walking distance of my house. I go in and the first thing I notice is that she looks and talks like a meth addict; funky teeth, odd way of mouthing her words.She apeared to be in her early 40's but was possibly younger. She is on the phone, I think it was with a regular client. I ask about prices. She quotes $25 for a psychic reading, $40 for tarot or palm, and some other random prices. I said I have $24 and asked if she would do a reading for that, and she agreed.
I go in and sit down. The place is mostly empty, a few folding chairs in the front room. The back room has two nicer chairs and a glass patio style table. There are a few random candles and everyday objects on the table, with a few knickknacks like a statue of a wizard and a Tarot deck, nothing special. There are a few pictures of the Madonna with child on the wall and a small TV in the corner. She was watching "Two and half men."
As she wraps up her phone conversation she lights some candles. After she tells "Her phone client" to have faith because he will get a job soon, and hangs up. She talks to me a bit, asking random questions, asked me to check out her cell phone to see what was wrong with it. Asked if I could fix it. Asked to see my phone. Sure ok, we check out the phones, no idea what was wrong with hers.
Suddenly she asks if I had ever experienced this before, I thought she was talking about the phone problem, but she was talking about the psychic reading. I said no, she is the first psychic I have ever gone to. Then she says, "oh lets do a Tarot reading instead, that will be interesting to do on you, you will like that more." I am quite certain it's because she couldn't read me.
She tells me to think of two wishes and tell her one and keep one to myself. She tells me to think about it and gives me some subjects they can relate to. Love, money, illness, and around 6 others. They end up not being important. She putters around a bit while I think. Then she has me cut and complete the deck, deals out all the cards in a top down matrix, the first line begins halfway in and the last line ends halfway out. I think there are a total of six lines of cards.
She asks for my wish it is related to success in school and future careers. I had to explain what anthropology, archeology and geology are. She told me the cards show me helping people in a hospital, that I will have a successful career as a nurse. I never mentioned nursing, I hate hospitals and taking care of people due to my family history. She said any of these other paths would only lead to side jobs and I should switch to nursing immediately.
She then says I will own my own home in 5 years, I will lead a long life, and I am very healthy. A little more conversation and she touches on the nursing thing again. Says the cards show that I am very confused and she sees that. We talk some more then she goes back to the cards.
She says there is a guy that likes me and we have been seeing each other off and on for about a year. She saw two guys with me, Rob and Nando. I let on that there is a man in my life and that I wasn't sure if I wanted to continue a relationship or end it and be single. She thought I was referring to my very platonic, friend Nando and not my boyfriend of 8 years, Rob. At no time did I mentioned how long Rob and I have been together. We talk about it a bit and she says well he is a good man and he really loves you so you should stay with him. You won't find someone else so you would regret leaving him. She said the cards show, we will have two children together and we should start on that right away. I can only assume the cards mean Rob, but who knows maybe I have some other relationships that should be romantic and isn't???? Nando? I'm kidding!!!!
We talk some more, the nursing thing comes up again. I mention I have been fighting against jobs in health care because I've had to take care of sick family members my whole life. She asks about that, I mention my mom is sick and go into that a bit. She asked what my mom did as a living, I mentioned she had odd retail and fast food jobs, but worked as a nurse for a short amount of time before nearly dying from weightless surgery. and that her health has been an issue since then.
We talk a bit about my life and income, seeing where this was going I drastically understated my income. She asked my age, I told her a year younger than I am, not sure why. She said I look much younger than my age. Thanks. She then said I am nearly 30 and the next ten years flies by and I need to make all these changes immediately and get to work on having babies.
"You are so confused, let me help you. Let me help you. Over this next year let me help you and bring you luck. I have charms and candles for good luck. White candles and I can give them to you, one every month, and you can call me on the phone and come in for readings, for $400 per month." I said there was no way I could do that, I don't make nearly enough. She suggests a credit card. I say I don't have one. She then suggested I open a credit account at Macy's and use that. I said no. By now I have been in there about an hour and I kinda want to go. So I start to wrap it up. She goes over the cards again, adds that there will be a death close to me in six years, possibly my mother but by then I will be older and stronger and will come through it ok. We talk some more, she gives me fliers for my friends. Asks me about my college and their rules on people handing out fliers, asks me about Fullerton college too. Asks when the school is busiest. Mentions the night students would probably be best because they have jobs. Talks a bit more. goes over the cards again, says she will probably see me at the college. I finally stand up to leave, she stays sitting at the table. I say one final goodbye and I'm out the door.
Overall, I felt like it was and older woman giving a me advice from her personal experience and desires. We talked a lot and she spent a lot of time with me. I sort of felt like she didn't want me to leave and that she wanted to continue the reading, since there was a lack of wrapping up on her part. There was a clear point about halfway through where she knew she wasn't going to get any more money from me, but she still didn't do anything to end the reading, I had to end it. I was entertained by the experience, was worth the money for a onetime novelty, but I wouldn't do it again.
Her office(?) was within walking distance of my house. I go in and the first thing I notice is that she looks and talks like a meth addict; funky teeth, odd way of mouthing her words.She apeared to be in her early 40's but was possibly younger. She is on the phone, I think it was with a regular client. I ask about prices. She quotes $25 for a psychic reading, $40 for tarot or palm, and some other random prices. I said I have $24 and asked if she would do a reading for that, and she agreed.
I go in and sit down. The place is mostly empty, a few folding chairs in the front room. The back room has two nicer chairs and a glass patio style table. There are a few random candles and everyday objects on the table, with a few knickknacks like a statue of a wizard and a Tarot deck, nothing special. There are a few pictures of the Madonna with child on the wall and a small TV in the corner. She was watching "Two and half men."
As she wraps up her phone conversation she lights some candles. After she tells "Her phone client" to have faith because he will get a job soon, and hangs up. She talks to me a bit, asking random questions, asked me to check out her cell phone to see what was wrong with it. Asked if I could fix it. Asked to see my phone. Sure ok, we check out the phones, no idea what was wrong with hers.
Suddenly she asks if I had ever experienced this before, I thought she was talking about the phone problem, but she was talking about the psychic reading. I said no, she is the first psychic I have ever gone to. Then she says, "oh lets do a Tarot reading instead, that will be interesting to do on you, you will like that more." I am quite certain it's because she couldn't read me.
She tells me to think of two wishes and tell her one and keep one to myself. She tells me to think about it and gives me some subjects they can relate to. Love, money, illness, and around 6 others. They end up not being important. She putters around a bit while I think. Then she has me cut and complete the deck, deals out all the cards in a top down matrix, the first line begins halfway in and the last line ends halfway out. I think there are a total of six lines of cards.
She asks for my wish it is related to success in school and future careers. I had to explain what anthropology, archeology and geology are. She told me the cards show me helping people in a hospital, that I will have a successful career as a nurse. I never mentioned nursing, I hate hospitals and taking care of people due to my family history. She said any of these other paths would only lead to side jobs and I should switch to nursing immediately.
She then says I will own my own home in 5 years, I will lead a long life, and I am very healthy. A little more conversation and she touches on the nursing thing again. Says the cards show that I am very confused and she sees that. We talk some more then she goes back to the cards.
She says there is a guy that likes me and we have been seeing each other off and on for about a year. She saw two guys with me, Rob and Nando. I let on that there is a man in my life and that I wasn't sure if I wanted to continue a relationship or end it and be single. She thought I was referring to my very platonic, friend Nando and not my boyfriend of 8 years, Rob. At no time did I mentioned how long Rob and I have been together. We talk about it a bit and she says well he is a good man and he really loves you so you should stay with him. You won't find someone else so you would regret leaving him. She said the cards show, we will have two children together and we should start on that right away. I can only assume the cards mean Rob, but who knows maybe I have some other relationships that should be romantic and isn't???? Nando? I'm kidding!!!!
We talk some more, the nursing thing comes up again. I mention I have been fighting against jobs in health care because I've had to take care of sick family members my whole life. She asks about that, I mention my mom is sick and go into that a bit. She asked what my mom did as a living, I mentioned she had odd retail and fast food jobs, but worked as a nurse for a short amount of time before nearly dying from weightless surgery. and that her health has been an issue since then.
We talk a bit about my life and income, seeing where this was going I drastically understated my income. She asked my age, I told her a year younger than I am, not sure why. She said I look much younger than my age. Thanks. She then said I am nearly 30 and the next ten years flies by and I need to make all these changes immediately and get to work on having babies.
"You are so confused, let me help you. Let me help you. Over this next year let me help you and bring you luck. I have charms and candles for good luck. White candles and I can give them to you, one every month, and you can call me on the phone and come in for readings, for $400 per month." I said there was no way I could do that, I don't make nearly enough. She suggests a credit card. I say I don't have one. She then suggested I open a credit account at Macy's and use that. I said no. By now I have been in there about an hour and I kinda want to go. So I start to wrap it up. She goes over the cards again, adds that there will be a death close to me in six years, possibly my mother but by then I will be older and stronger and will come through it ok. We talk some more, she gives me fliers for my friends. Asks me about my college and their rules on people handing out fliers, asks me about Fullerton college too. Asks when the school is busiest. Mentions the night students would probably be best because they have jobs. Talks a bit more. goes over the cards again, says she will probably see me at the college. I finally stand up to leave, she stays sitting at the table. I say one final goodbye and I'm out the door.
Overall, I felt like it was and older woman giving a me advice from her personal experience and desires. We talked a lot and she spent a lot of time with me. I sort of felt like she didn't want me to leave and that she wanted to continue the reading, since there was a lack of wrapping up on her part. There was a clear point about halfway through where she knew she wasn't going to get any more money from me, but she still didn't do anything to end the reading, I had to end it. I was entertained by the experience, was worth the money for a onetime novelty, but I wouldn't do it again.