Um ... I love my family. Really. Skip to the end if you're busy...
Um ... I love my family. Really. Skip to the end if you're busy...
1.Sister calls panicked because Mom has used The Phrase. It's a thing our Mom does.
2.I'm not exactly sanguine about tomorrow morning's impending academic debacle, but I swear I'm trying.
3.So now, I'm making phone calls to make sure no one is dying (see The Phrase).
4.Upshot - not dying more than usual but waiting for test results and use of Phrase was unintentional.
5.Call Sister back and clarify unintentional Phrase use.
So, yeah. I Am Totally Not Distracted Now At All.
I suppose some context would help, although I haven't been making it all public and whatnot. My Dad probably has CLL and he isn't feeling well and this is not what I need to be focusing on right now, and, well, yeah. Maybe he doesn't.
1.Sister calls panicked because Mom has used The Phrase. It's a thing our Mom does.
2.I'm not exactly sanguine about tomorrow morning's impending academic debacle, but I swear I'm trying.
3.So now, I'm making phone calls to make sure no one is dying (see The Phrase).
4.Upshot - not dying more than usual but waiting for test results and use of Phrase was unintentional.
5.Call Sister back and clarify unintentional Phrase use.
So, yeah. I Am Totally Not Distracted Now At All.
I suppose some context would help, although I haven't been making it all public and whatnot. My Dad probably has CLL and he isn't feeling well and this is not what I need to be focusing on right now, and, well, yeah. Maybe he doesn't.
...wow. That sucks from top to bottom.
ReplyDeleteYes, I am not all, you know, together and stuff at this point.
ReplyDeleteThe Phrase? I grok meaning, but am curious about specific wording for your family.
ReplyDeleteIt's almost verbatim 'could you call when you get a chance, I just need to talk for a minute.' It would be relatively innocuous, but it has a contextual history of having been used specifically in emergencies, and such. It never gives specifics like I needed to ask where you bought those shoes, or I'm at the hospital with (insert name here). It's 99.99% used for the latter type of thing.
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