An Eli Stone Moment
4 April 2009, 22:08
A couple of weeks ago I started seeing things in my peripheral vision. Pieces of paper would fly off the desk, eerie shadows would appear in the lounge room and the worst – I was seeing Maisies everywhere in the corner of my eye.
We’ve only ever had Maisies in the kitchen, never anywhere else (they “live” behind the oven in Autumn). One afternoon (yes, OK, while watching Dr. Phil) I “saw” a Maisy dash from our bedroom behind the bookcase in the hallway about 12 feet away. I ran down to where I’d seen it and nothing. I saw another in the lounge room under another couch and again, nothing. Either they were the speediest mice in the universe or we had the mice vortex opening up in the floorboards. I never saw one directly so I thought I was going bonkers.
I told my G.P and he asked me if I was hearing voices or feeling paranoid – like I was being watched (I joked no, apart from my husband – he didn’t laugh). I kind of scoffed “Of course not!” but then it hit me that hallucinations could actually be a reality for me. G.P surmised that it was probably the morphine that was causing it and recounted a patient who saw (and talked to) fairies on her bed whilst on the drug. I felt a bit cheated then. I wanted one up on my daughter…
I had bloody well being seeing mice the whole time. I wasn’t having hallucinations at all. But I can sure as hell spot a Maisy from 20 feet now. Those mice have no chance. I have super peripheral vision.
Somehow I don’t think this was on the list when they were giving out superpowers.
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