The apple

Coincidence level: 8/10 Category: Funny / charming / cute

When I was in Croatia in mid-October 2018, I made a conscious decision to start eating apples for breakfast. I did this after reading a nutrition book. I’d never actually eaten apples for breakfast before. Actually, I hardly ate apples ever. Or fruit. Oh, how unhealthy I was then.

I started this in Montenegro, and then in Dubrovnik – buying apples in the morning on a couple of consecutive days.

Two days later I meet some friends in Split.

We’re all sharing a bottle of wine at the sea. At 2AM.

Lo and behold, an apple—a perfect apple—rolls in with the tide and comes right to me.

AT FUCKING 2AM.

AN APPLE FROM THE SEA.

Okay, when was the last time you received an apple from the sea?

Just wondering.

Anyway, it was cute. Like the universe was saying, hey, you’re going the right direction.

Post script: One day later, I woke up in my bed from a nap with an apple in my hand. I FREAKED OUT. I was at a hostel and asking the front desk if they’d put an apple in my hand while I was asleep. I think they thought I was crazy.

So then I called my friends frantically (they were out getting drunk). The conversation went something like this:

“Did you put an apple in my hand?”

“What?”

“DID YOU PUT AN APPLE IN MY HAND?”

Pause.

“No, but I put one under your pillow.”

Turns out my friend Nina decided to play a prank on me, and wasn’t going to tell me the truth,  but she said I sounded so freaked out that she decided to tell me.

Summary: the apple from the sea was real.

The apple in my hand was not.

I stopped eating apples after that.

Only on occasion will I still, and usually for breakfast.

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