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[mari4212]

Would someone care to explain why people who should know better try to call my father at two in the afternoon, knowing that he's at work? The logic of attempting to reach him only when he won't be home escapes me.

And today is one of the days when I keep reciting what my mother and I refer to as "The Mother's Prayer", ie: Please God, don't let me kill these kids today." Let's just say that one of the kids is pushing her limits and shrieking every five minutes, and I've just had to deal with an explosively dirty diaper. Taking care of small children makes for excellent birth control, there's a reason why I'm determined to wait until I'm out of college and married before I have kids.

On the more positive side of the equation, Mom made spice muffins this morning and I'm getting good reviews on my Doctor Who stories. Or at least I'm taking the comment of "I will hunt you down if you don't write more in this story." to be positive.

And a new icon! I think I'm going to use this one as my WTF/your logic is not of Earth logic icon of choice.

And I still need to post a discussion question up in huffleharmony.

Comments

[sileri.livejournal.com]

My mother does that to me all the time. "Oh you're still at work?" she asks me, as though I haven't been at the same job for four years. Now I tell her that I'm in Bermuda and she ought to make the call short because I'm roaming.

[glacierscout.livejournal.com]

In defense of the caller yesterday afternoon, she is a school teacher, calling about our Scout troop, whose Scoutmaster is another teacher at the same school. She probably just assumed I was a teacher as well. She was happy to hear from me late last night, when I finally returned home.

[mari4212.livejournal.com]

She has a valid excuse, but she's not the only one who does it, and most of the ones who call in the middle of the afternoon know you well enough to know that you shouldn't be home.

It just gets annoying after a while.

Phone etiquette

[glacierscout.livejournal.com]

That's cause I don't give out my office phone number, and the Boy Scout leaders know I'm often not home in the evening. By calling in the afternoon, they know I'll call BEFORE I leave for a Scout meeting.

[mari4212.livejournal.com]

I think that beats "Grand Central Station, how may I help you?"* as a reply.

*That one gets used a lot in our house, especially when there's been a lot of calls or the kids are more insane than normal.

[ljmckay.livejournal.com]

Dude, that icon is awesome. Go HEX! Oh, you make me want to read all my Terry Pratchett again. And go buy more.

[mari4212.livejournal.com]

I am quite possibly an evil enabler in this case.

*brings in discworld crossbow again*

[writtenwings.livejournal.com]

Ahahaha. Good birth control indeed. They're cute little monsters though, aren't they?

[mari4212.livejournal.com]

Oh they're adorable. And really, there are the moments when they're laughing and giggling and hugging you that you understand why you love them.

Then there are the times when you cling tightly to the fact that you know you love them to keep from killing them. It all balances out.