6th Sense????

How do I explain today (Saturday)?


After a very chaotic and stressful week for the both of us. Tonight we went out for dinner to our favourite restaurant as I knew it was somewhere that I could order and feel safe with the staff there. Tonight was a little different than normal for me and now to try and explain what happened. We sat in a booth which was fine but all of a sudden I started to shake which I don't remember doing before and I was very worried about it. I couldn't answer my hubby about what it was I was feeling, other than being really scared about that spot. My comment was if I got up I was going to leave the restaurant and I am not sure why because this is a restaurant I trust. To explain my title for this post, this was a very odd feeling that I have only had once before and had tonight at dinner and I felt that something was very wrong and that I just had to get out of there. There was nothing logical about it, just pure emotion driving me that I had to move from there. Maybe something very bad would have happened but after being moved I felt safer.


We did get moved and got a server that I really trust (thanks to my DH seeing this server and getting us moved). My hubby did keep looking back at that first seat to see if anything went wrong there (like a car smashing in). Once we were seated our server ask me for my piece of paper (see note) and once my order was placed I started to relax which was good because I was stressed and worried and couldn't explain why. Maybe I knew something that others didn't know. My meal arrived and wasn't up to standards but I got it fixed and had no allergic reactions. My only reaction was the feelings that I went through at the beginning of our dinner.

I really can't explain the feelings that I was going through at the beginning of my meal but maybe my 6th sense was telling me to seat in a section with a server that knew me and my allergies.

To my server tonight what can I say but THANK YOU SO MUCH!!for taking care of me, you helped me feel safe and figured out a meal that you knew would be safe.

What this experience showed me is when you don't feel good about something you have to listen to yourself (gut feel) and get it resolved. Tonight it meant I had to change where I was sitting and get a different server. Maybe another evening it would mean leaving a restaurant and doing something different. Having allergies which are life-threatening means that sometimes you have to go with your gut feeling like I did tonight.

I am so glad that I trust this restaurant I knew that tonight they would take care of me as I didn't have a lot of energy to take care of myself.

NOTE: The piece of paper that the server asked for was two sided. One side explains what my allergies are and examples where to find the ingredients. The other side is a couple of my favourtie foods and one of the items is my favourite at this restaurant with all of the modifications listed. A number of the servers like this piece of paper because it makes it easier to get my meal right.