Weird Sister Moments (I Mean Weird Moments With Sisters!)

I'm wondering if any of you other sibling sets have experienced the almost eerie moments my sisters and I have known. Let me explain. Jill and I were very close during our teens and early twenties and shared many common interests. Of course we still are/do, but our lives are a little different and we live on opposite ends of the continent! Anyway. There were several instances when she and I would be in a room together doing our hair or fixing something in the kitchen or whatever. Then at the same moment, we would both burst out with the exact same tune in the exact same key! It was almost like there was an invisible wire connecting to our brains. It was very startling, to say the least. Or one would say that she was interested in reading a certain book or seeing a certain movie and the other would gasp in surprise that she had been thinking the very same thing. This sort of psychic connectedness is very useful for games, at least when we're on the same team. It's so fun to say just one word or even make a certain face and have the other instantly know exactly what you mean while other players haven't a clue what happened!

We were never ones to borrow each other's clothes or even get matching outfits, but many was the time that we'd emerge from our rooms wearing something very similar. Of course, at a certain stage in life this was so NOT cool and one of us would usually retire with a huff and change into something more distinct.

But do you think this sisterly oneness has deteriorated with age and distance? I might have said so until last weekend, when I learned that ALL THREE of us sisters had made peach pies, and all of us had had colds or sore throats. So does that mean germs and ideas are transmitted by mere relationship? Or maybe they come through e-mails and blogs and telephone calls! Ha! There is still something scientists don't know! "Whatever the dread disease was, let's just hope it wasn't particularly contagious." (My sisters will recognize this quote and will laugh because they'll know how to say it!)

In other exciting local news, I'm still sick and my cat is turning into a lion. Well, he thinks he is. He's decided to go for big game hunting. We've been finding a number of mice and shrew offerings on the back steps, which is perfectly normal, though I'm not sure if they're all from him or if the neighbor cat is partially responsible. Then a few days ago my dad found a dead rat in the side yard. Yikes! But the worst was yesterday morning when my mom discovered a very dead and partially eaten field rabbit in the rose garden! It was not a pretty sight. I couldn't believe that my cat had actually chased, killed, and eaten something over half his size. It could have been a coyote, but he'd have a hard time getting in our yard. So now I'm just wondering what's going to be next! Another cat? One of the neighbor's tiny dogs? Who would ever guess looking at his innocent, cute, furry face that Cheeky is really a nighttime killer, a veritable Jekyll & Hyde?