When I got home, I stashed my other estate sale finds in my office. I tossed the two coats across my bed and went in the kitchen to make lunch. I kept ruminating over the things I had seen in the house that I hadn’t purchased. The gorgeous Victorian style lamps, the over the top “church lady” hats with feathers and sequins all around. Bread, turkey, mayo, lettuce. I grabbed my plate and walked down the corridor to my bedroom. I put down the sandwich. I forgot to even try the coats on before I bought them. I slipped the coat on in the mirror.

I reached for the waist length brown leather jacket and slipped it on. Just then the room started to shift. My head started to vibrate something horrible. I closed my eyes and sat down on the bed. I opened my eyes and I was in a room that looked very familiar. I looked down and saw burgundy carpet. I got up for the bed and almost fell. I was higher off the ground than expected. I got up and looked around. I was in the bedroom of the house I just came from! A beautifully 70’s style decorated room with pink drapery on the windows and a canopy bed sat in front of me. I closed my eyes and blinked once again.

“How in the,” I said.

I scooted backwards across the floor and looked in disbelief. I patted the coat and slipping my arm out of it at once. My head started to vibrate again, I close my eyes from the stabbing pain. I open my eyes and I am once again standing in my own bedroom at my apartment. I throw the jacket on to the bed.

My eyes got big. “What in hell was that,” I said.

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Until next week…

The Secret Travelers Coat By Nicole Alicia

Walking up to the massive two story brick house, I am filled with excitement. I had previewed the estate sale online before I drove 30 minutes halfway across the city. She was a “church lady”, a woman of God. I could read who a person was and their style before I even stepped into the house. As I walked up the weed filled concrete path leading to the house, a rot iron screen door was propped open greeting me. A man who was obviously with the company putting on the estate sale stood at the door .

“Hello, everything is half price today,” he said.

“Cool, thanks,” I replied.

I look around the drab looking house. It most certainly reflected the outside. You could tell the house had been sitting for sometime. Beaten down what used to be brown shag carpet gave a pathway to what looked like a sitting room. If it weren’t for the door to the house being propped open, the smell of must would have slapped me in the face at the door. Upon walking a few steps further, an elaborate display of jewelry, broaches, pins, necklaces and such. She was a real stylish lady as well.

Draped across a French provincial style, cream colored couch with arm chair to match, an mink stole. A fancy lady, I thought to myself. I turned right and headed toward the kitchen. Nearly wiped out of dishes except for a few scripture plaques on the wall and a gold plated Jesus on the cross hung on the wall. I turned the corner and there was a small closet full of coats. I browsed through them quickly. A pretty, waist length brown leather jacket stood out. I pulled it out and looked at it, looking for any flaws. Then further down the line, I saw a burnt orange color petty coat. I looked at the tag 8/10 on both. Just my size!

I browsed around the house, going in one room and then up stairs. This house seemed to go on forever. I made my way to the front to check out. I handed the guy the two coats and couple other odds and ends I found. “That will be $45.25,” he replied.

“Wow, great!”

“You enjoy those coats, I hear that they are really something special,” he patted them before he handed them to me. He gave me a wink.

He raised both his eye brows as if surprised.

As I hurried off to my car across the street, I looked left and then right. No one coming. Just as I reached to grab the car door handle, WHOOSH! A car came zooming down the giant hill. I stood there shook for a moment. It was time to head home for sure.

To be continued next week…

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I won’t be before you long today (ain’t that what the pastor says LOL), I just thought I’d share a bit with you today. Let you in on my life. Now I might do a Vlog on my YouTube Channel later to go with this, but for now I’ll just do a blog.

So as I was sharing with you guys and gals a few weeks ago, I have been blogging now for about 11 years or so. I’ve been writing stories probably since 2nd grade that I can remember. I just published my first novel in 2017. I had taken a brief break from blogging last year due to health reasons and just getting my life together. Although this stupid pandemic is still going on, we tried to get back to some normalcy before the “Omarion” hit late last year, but anyways.

I start planning my week with a notebook and writing a basic list. I then will assign dates and use my paper planner to jot down what days I will complete these tasks.

But here’s a little how my days go….

7am -wake up, gather thine self after 10 hours of being on this dialysis machine

My husband gets our son up before he goes to work help him with his morning routine and get him breakfast, so that all Mommy (me) has to do is do his hair and prepare his backpack for the day. So babe if you’re reading this Thank YOU again!

8:15 ish– I rush my son off to school and sometimes grab breakfast on the way back home.

9:15 ish– I get to writing. I am currently working on a new novella that I plan to have out Fall ’22. My goal is to write 500 words a day. I’ve been working on this project since August, so yeah I’m almost finished. If I have any appointments, I try to schedule them for the morning time so that I can get those out the way and still have time to work. Coffee is needed!

11 ish– Look at what else I have on my planner to do for my online shops Dear Alice Co. & 99th and Lydia.

1pm ish– I try to fix me some lunch or DoorDash it (because yes I’m lazy). I’m very basic. I love a good turkey sandwich!

2 pm– Try to wrap up what I’m doing, maybe throw some dishes in the dishwasher or tidy up the living room a bit before I have to go get my son from school. If I get to the pick-up line early I may make necessary phone calls or sit and chit chat with my Dad or hubby.

4 pm– Start helping with homework.

6pm-Dinner with the fam

7pm– Start prepping for next day, lay out clothes for son and myself. Prep my dialysis machine for the night.

8pm– Try to be in bed. I read before I go to sleep, the phone and TV keep me up.

That’s usually it. I stay up until 10pm watching a TV show lately “Women of The Movement” and then there’s a documentary part that comes on after the show. On the weekend, I stay up playing video games and such as well.

As you can see nothing too exciting. I try to practice self-care and occasionally go get my nails and hair done when I have sometime. I really miss going to the local coffee shops to write and browsing around town, but until this Corona thing improves, I’ll be kind of staying at home.

What’s a typical day look like for you?

Until next time…