I know a lot of people will say this is total codswollop but I actually dread Friday 13th. So much so, that when I realised this morning at 2.30am that this was the date, I created the self fulfilling prophecy that today was going to be shit.
I then proceeded to blame the date on the fact that I am desperately sleep deprived and walking around like a zombie, and that Neve was suffering from awful colic. Ridiculous right? You wait till you hear some of my other superstitions! Actually writing them down makes me sound clinically insane!!
1. Avoiding ladders
Not because something might fall on me or because I (chance would be a fine thing) might get wolf whistled by builders. No – because something terrible might happen. Stepping off the pavement into oncoming traffic to avoid said ladder however – totally riskfree.
2. Avoiding cracks in the pavement
Yes im nearly 34 years old, but still, I can’t bring myself to step on the cracks of traditional paving slabs. That said, I don’t do it with a smaller ones, a) because I don’t have the feet of Michael Flatley and b) that would just be weird.
3. Touching wood
Which is far less exciting than it sounds… nor to be confused with the popular shopping centre in Solihull. If ever I feel I’m tempting fate, this is followed up by an exclamation of ‘touch wood’ and a mad dash to the nearest wooden table, chair, or as a last resort, my head!
4. Black cat crossing your path
Is a sure sign of bad luck – I’ve been known to cross the road just so I can walk past the cat instead of it walking past me!! Insanity at its best.
But the worst one? The worst one bringing up the rear has to be No.5 which I have done since I was about 8 thanks to my sister. I have NO idea where it came from and NO idea why I still do it but hey, I am officially an odd ball.
5. Touch red when you see a Royal Mail van.
I’ve been known to randomly stroke someone’s red car, tootle over to a letter box, and look in the total other direction whilst walking past the sorting office.
Absurd.
What stupid superstitions do you have? How was Friday 13th for you? X
