When I called my husband's cell phone today, it went straight to voice mail.Huh, he hadn't told me about any big all-day meetings...
I called a few more times through the day and got the same thing. I left messages on his cell and with his office, but he never called back.
By 5 pm I was getting worried, but trying very hard not to be too alarmed. We usually talk a few times during the day, so it was very strange that I hadn't heard from him by then. I called his office again and asked that the receptionist to please track him down...
She wasn't able to find him and told me that the people in his area "hadn't seen him all day" and they "didn't think he had come into work today...Sorry."
WHAT?! Surely, there is SOME explanation for this... Maybe he's at an off-site and forgot to tell me. Maybe he's playing hooky. (I'll kill him.) Maybe he's already dead in a ditch somewhere and it's all over the news, but I've been too "space cadet" to have paid any attention....
I wanted to call my parents, my sisters, his parents, our friends, anyone... just to ask if they'd heard from him (!!!) Not wanting to panic them or my son who was happily eating an avocado in his high chair at this point, I decided to give my husband until 7 pm to call or show up. Then, I wisely distracted myself with dinner preparations... and scanning the local news.
I was devising a plan for calling every area hospital when he finally called on his way home. I was so relieved that I wasn't going to have to find my son a new Daddy afterall, that any anger melted away...
The explanation was very simple.
He forgot to turn his cell "on" today.On a lighter note, my debit card was either lost or stolen today. I called the last place I used it and they don't have it. There hasn't been any strange activity on my account, nor had the bank contacted me about any unusual spending (not that sudden random large purchases would be considered unusual for me...) So, I'm putting my money on "lost". My son could have flushed it down the toilet for all I know.
He thought it was weird that he hadn't heard from me all day too, but didn't get a chance to call.
Yes, he was at work all day.
The receptionist and all of his fellow cube villagers are idiots.
In any case, it was canceled immediately and I have to wait another week for the replacement.
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1 comment:
Lol...this had me spitting milk all over the place...lol...Oh yeah...and isn't it nice when THEY call and get all freaked out because we couldn't drop what we're doing (like changing a massive dirty diaper) and answer the phone but they can be gone all day and it's, "what's the big deal, my phone was off." Uh-huh. Days like that and one wishes we can say to them " and that's why while you were staring dazed at the screen at some mindless football game, this GPS tracking device was inserted in the back of your neck."
Lol
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