First of all, I'm very excited about a new coffee shop discovery! Well, it's not brand-new, but I went for the first time today. Java K's, which has no website apparently, "offers a complete menu of specialty coffee drinks served hot, frozen or on ice. A private conference room for meetings up to 10 individuals is available by appointment," according to the Greensboro Chamber of Commerce website. It is located on Lawndale, in the same shopping center as Food Lion and what used to be The Yellow Balloon. And they have a DRIVE-THRU! Which means they're closer to me than Starbucks...and they're not Starbucks! So I'm not supporting "The Man" when I go there. Yay!
Okay, the freaky thing. When I was little, I had an invisible brother named Sharre Barre (remarkably similar to the name, "Cherie Berry," the Commissioner of Labor for NC. You know, the woman whose name is in all the elevators.). Sharre Barre moved to California around the same time my family moved to Winston-Salem...around the same time that invisible friends didn't seem cool to me anymore.
Jake now has tons of imaginary friends. Most of them are animals, like Nice Shark and Mean Shark. However, every now and then, a person appears. Like tonight at dinner, Jake said, "Mommy, it looks like we have three kids in our family now. Here's Marcel. He's standing beside me, and he wants some of my food."
Now keep in mind that while he was sayng this, I was in Annie's room changing her diaper, so I couldn't see what he was seeing. I have to say, it was creepy. I expected Jake to say next, "And oh yeah Mommy, I see dead people."
Did my mom get creeped out by Sharre Barre too??
Okay, the freaky thing. When I was little, I had an invisible brother named Sharre Barre (remarkably similar to the name, "Cherie Berry," the Commissioner of Labor for NC. You know, the woman whose name is in all the elevators.). Sharre Barre moved to California around the same time my family moved to Winston-Salem...around the same time that invisible friends didn't seem cool to me anymore.
Jake now has tons of imaginary friends. Most of them are animals, like Nice Shark and Mean Shark. However, every now and then, a person appears. Like tonight at dinner, Jake said, "Mommy, it looks like we have three kids in our family now. Here's Marcel. He's standing beside me, and he wants some of my food."
Now keep in mind that while he was sayng this, I was in Annie's room changing her diaper, so I couldn't see what he was seeing. I have to say, it was creepy. I expected Jake to say next, "And oh yeah Mommy, I see dead people."
Did my mom get creeped out by Sharre Barre too??
3 Comments:
It's not just you, imaginary friends creep me out too. Look on the bright side though, everything I've read says that its totally normal and a sign of a very bright mind. Caila's never had one at all, but Emi had an imaginary hamster one time that drove a blue truck. You gotta admit, he picked a cool name for his new friend, LOL.
Wasn't Ross' pet monkey named Marcel on Friends?
Just because you can't see them doesn't mean they aren't there.
:)
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