at a loss of what to think

So there's this guy, we'll call him "God", and he is in control of everything. Sometimes he does things or allows things to happen to you that are very intentional and clear. You see some situation you're in and you're like, "Hmm, God is giving me a hint or a push or a clue."

This is not one of those times. Let me proceed to tell you THE weirdest, THE most random thing that has ever happened to me.

I'm driving home at around 11:20PM, and as I get close to my apartment, I see a lady standing across the street, with her two dogs, trying to flag me down. I'm think (yes, it hurts, but sometimes I think, please get over the shock), "That's weird," and I park and get out to see what's up.

The lady comes over and tells me she was walking her dogs when one of them suddenly collapsed. Uh, say again? "Do you need to take him to a vet or something?" "No, I have some stuff at home and I just live down the street, can you give us a ride?" Okay, sure, no problem. She loads up her dogs (which takes forever because the collapsed dog was just standing there and didn't want to move). I get back into my car, and at this point, I'm crammed in there with 2 dogs and a lady I've never met, blocking the road, with a car waiting for me to get out of the way. I drive her to her house, and she proceeds to unload the dogs. "Thanks for your help." "No problem, I hope your dog feels better." "Yeah, me too." As she gets just inside her fence, the collapsed dog lays down and the lady kneels over him. After about a minute, she turns to me and says, "He just died."

WHAT?!!!!!!!

"Uh, are you serious?" I realize in hindsight that question was probably the stupidest thing to ask. Why would she be joking? After standing there awkwardly for 5 minutes, she says I don't have to stay with her, that she has someone in the house, and thanks for the ride, I don't know what I would have done without you. Feeling like an idiot and not knowing what to do or say, I mumble, "Sorry about your dog," and drive home. All the while I'm thinking, "What the heck just happened?"

This is one of those times where being extroverted and actually being able to show my sympathy towards other people would have come in handy.

surreal adj. SEE ABOVE POST.

My life is so weird.