Creepy must run in the family...

I have always known that I am what I call a "sensitive". Now, I am not Psychic, I do not see the future, but I am ridiculously observant and good at reading people and situations. Husband is not so good at this and therefore lucky that he is married to me or he would be beating the crazies off with a stick. Here are some examples:

1. I will generally know within 10 minutes of talking to someone whether or not we can be friends/if they are nut-jobs. That's not to say that some people don't grow on you and others can't make you think they are relatively normal for a short time when they are actually totally insane, but for the most part I am very accurate at this. and just so you know.

2. After meeting someone once or twice I can usually tell what you are likely to do in a given scenario.

3. I can very easily read relationship dynamics and tell whether people are going to last or go down in a fiery crash/break-up.

4. If it's a bad idea....I can tell you it's a bad idea.

I know what you are thinking. C'mon. Give me a break. But seriously it is true. I don't have ESP I am just really good at taking variable and analyzing them and coming up with the most likely scenario or reading body language, voice cues, and general demeanor to determine compatibility and overall personality. It's just that I do it without having to think about it. Friends and family have also noticed this and I am regularly requested to meet new boyfriends, or what I think about something or other. For example: I always know my sister's new boyfriend is going to be a loser when she will bring him over to dinner at my parents house, but when I ask to meet him she says, "Uh...no!"

Anyway, this post isn't really about me, except to say that I now have even more proof of my super-human powers ;).
There have been two instances in the last month that have both totally freaked me out and shown me that I am not alone in my creepy ability. My family is creepy too.

Evidence #1: My mother is way creepier than I am.
A few weeks ago she was visiting us in Portland. We left LM with Husband and went out for some lunch. We were mostly through with our food when my mom suddenly stopped.

"That was weird"

"What"

"I just got a feeling like LM was bleeding or hurt or something."

"Great Mom, thanks for making the rest of my lunch super relaxing."

Laughs. "Sorry, I'm sure it was just me being silly"

"Well I hope so."

We finished our lunch and drove the 5 minutes or so home where Husband and LM were waiting for us on the porch both smiling.

"See, she's fine."

We reach the stairs.

Husband: "Well, we had a little scare there while you were gone."

I give my mom one of those looks like, you are totally creeping me out and if he says that LM hurt herself and was bleeding I will run inside and lock the door and you can sleep in the Jeep with your Ouija board.

"What happened?"

"Well she was eating some blueberries and she started choking. I had to put her over my shoulder and really whack her back to get her to stop."

"Holy shit! Are you serious"

"Why? Why are you giving me that look? Were you expecting something bad to happen because she was with me? Hey just because I am not the mommy doesn't mean the baby is automatically in danger!"

"Well, that's debatable, but no that's not why I am looking at you like you just told me the baby flew off the roof. How long ago was this?"

"I don't know, 10 minutes or so."

Ahhhhhhhhhhhh!! See, my mom is way creepier than I am.
Later she recounts to us that this has happened to her before. Once she had a dream about a friend she hadn't talked to in about a year. He was floating outside of his body and my mom had until midnight to get him back in or he would be stuck like that forever. She thought nothing of it, but when she talked to him months later she asked,

"What were you doing last Thanksgiving?"

"I was in Arizona"

"Yeah, but what were you doing?"

"Oh, I was in the desert doing paeodi."

"Keep out of my subconscious, dammit!"

Evidence #2: LM sees dead people...I think!
So when LM a little baby she used to just stare off into space or at the wall/ceiling sometimes. I always figured that's just what babies do, but I wondered what exactly she could be looking at on the blank white wall or ceiling. My mom insisted that she was staring into the astral plane.
Yeah, ok, whatever creepy lady.

But last week something happened and no I am concerned that I have passed on the creepy gene via my offspring.
LM was sitting on my lap in the rocking chair drinking a bottle and staring at the ceiling (yeah, I know we are back to staring at the ceiling). All of a sudden she gets this little happy smirk on her face and waves....at the ceiling.

Holy balls. My baby sees dead people. And they live on her bedroom ceiling....or they are incredibly tall.