Yaaaayyy Alissa and Todd!
Alissa and Todd are engaged! Congratulations!
Alissa called tonight to talk with Scott. She called our home phone. No one ever calls our home phone, so I answered with the Slightly Gruff Hello that I reserve for telemarketers. They are back from Peru, so we chatted about the trip, our upcoming wedding, and I was dyyyyyinnnng to ask if they had gotten engaged but damnnabbit, I knew that if so then she should tell Scott, not me. After chatting a bit more, we got off the phone, her wishing me well on wedding muck and me wishing her well on disserting muck.
An aside: I am very bad at containing myself when there is Happy Life News to be had. Very bad. Baby arrival? Happy! New house? Happy! Engagement? Happy! Kitten? Happy! New toaster? Happy!
The scene:
Scott walks through the door after Cara gets off the phone.
Cara: Did you talk to Alissa?
Scott: No, we've been playing phone tag.
Cara: Call Alissa! Call Alissa! Call Alissa! Call Alissa! Call Alissa!
Scott: laughing OK, I'll call Alissa. Talks to Alissa... Yes, they're engaged!
Cara shrieks wildly, dances around kitchen, starts brainstorming engagement gifts, falls over a cat. Fin.
And that, folks, is the happy news of the evening. All the best to a fantabulous couple!!!
Alissa called tonight to talk with Scott. She called our home phone. No one ever calls our home phone, so I answered with the Slightly Gruff Hello that I reserve for telemarketers. They are back from Peru, so we chatted about the trip, our upcoming wedding, and I was dyyyyyinnnng to ask if they had gotten engaged but damnnabbit, I knew that if so then she should tell Scott, not me. After chatting a bit more, we got off the phone, her wishing me well on wedding muck and me wishing her well on disserting muck.
An aside: I am very bad at containing myself when there is Happy Life News to be had. Very bad. Baby arrival? Happy! New house? Happy! Engagement? Happy! Kitten? Happy! New toaster? Happy!
The scene:
Scott walks through the door after Cara gets off the phone.
Cara: Did you talk to Alissa?
Scott: No, we've been playing phone tag.
Cara: Call Alissa! Call Alissa! Call Alissa! Call Alissa! Call Alissa!
Scott: laughing OK, I'll call Alissa. Talks to Alissa... Yes, they're engaged!
Cara shrieks wildly, dances around kitchen, starts brainstorming engagement gifts, falls over a cat. Fin.
And that, folks, is the happy news of the evening. All the best to a fantabulous couple!!!
2 Comments:
Hi. I'm sorry. That conversation was ridiculous. I've been having a hard time telling people, because it seems like an occasion to ask people to shriek and be happy for you, and that feels awkward to me. So....it's not that I didn't want to tell you (because I really did and it was hard to contain myself)...so, yeah. Anyway. Sorry for the weirdness. :)
Oh, don't be silly, there's nothing to apologize for! Like I said, I was acting like a weirdo and I knew Scott was coming home and I was stalling and I wanted him to hear it from you first since y'all are childhood friends and that's the right and proper way it should be! He shouldn't hear it from me screaming like a banshee when he walks in the door. :-) Congratulations again!
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