The World is Right...

...but my cell phone is not!

So last night I'm talking to the boyfriend on his cell phone when his signal dies. Moments earlier he had warned me that he was on a road where he ALWAYS loses his signal. So I hear his phone cut out and think, "He'll call me back in a second."

45 minutes later, no call. So I'm kind of thinking, "What the %@!&?" But I'm still at work so I just keep working and figure he will surely call soon. Another 30 minutes later, as I'm finally leaving work, I decide to just call him. No answer at home (where he was headed when his phone died). No answer on his cell. I leave a message. [I end with a "confident" "Give me a call when you have a chance."]

All friggin' night goes by and no phone call.

Now, I'm generally in a very happy place in my relationship. I'm confident he likes me. I know he's not a jerk, that he is in fact an amazingly sweet and thoughtful man... which is why it made me so insane last night that he hadn't called me back. I mean, what the heck could have possibly prevented him from a quick call. Isn't that standard cell phone etiquette? Is it EVER appropriate to lose a call and then think, "Eh, I wasn't really enjoying talking to that person. I'm just not going to call back."

So I make a few mental excuses for him. Mind you, I am buying none of them because, well, I'm the one making them up for him. I go to bed slightly irritated.

Then this morning I notice that my voicemail indicator on my cell phone was on, even though my phone didn't show any missed calls nor was it beeping that I had a new message. I check my voicemail, only to learn that boyfriend did in fact call me back last night and leave me a message to call him. Also, me2insav called last night and left a message too.

What the $%@&! is up with that? What good is a cell phone that only records messages but doesn't actually ring or beep at me. Heeellllllooooooooooo!