A Wrong Call

Yesterday I woke up at the crack of dawn walked the dog, ran errands for 4 hours,  and then ran into my sister and her son at the grocery store. My nephew begged to come home with me, so my husband and I ran the rest of my errands and then came home and had to entertain a hyper 7 year old with ping pong, ball guns, video games, and non-sugary snacks and Mac photo booth. By the time his mother came and picked him up (an hour late mind you) I felt exhausted and brain dead. That's when I got a call.

My husband rushed towards me with a ringing cell. He urgently shouted "It's your grandma!" He flipped it open, "Hello? I asked" From the other end a high pitched voice responded "Hello Joanie?" I was confused and then suddenly relieved, I thought to myself, if she called the wrong number this will be short. I should have known better and I should have realized, this was no "wrong call".

Without a moments pause, my Grandma said "this isn't Joanie, this is Jayne isn't it?" I rolled my eyes "Yes, Grandma, it's Jayne. She cackled "Oh dear, that's strange your name is nowhere near Joannie's". I politely responded "that's okay Grandma, you just call your friend." I regretted the word friend immediately. My Grandma stuttered "Well, well yah know Joannie's actually my cousin, and I'm over at Tilly's and we're expecting her over..... 20 minutes later and two mentionings of how this whole call was an accident.

Finally I tried wrapping things up "alright Grandma". "Oh Your uncle Rob He only calls me when my bills come in. I have so many bills. Do you remember Frank and Margerie? They're dead now but...  Oh and the other day I went in my wallet and you know what I found? The ten commandments you wrote when you were ten?" She cackled "maybe that's why I called you, yeah, maybe that's why I dialed your number."