Just got a call from my pill’d up mom:
Me: Hello?
Mom: What.
Me: What do you mean “what”?
Mom: I don’t know.
Me: Hey, can you call me back on my desk phone?
Mom: What did I call?
Me: You called my cell phone.
Mom: Oh. Well….what’s your desk number? (Inevitably, she calls my co-worker, Rick, and he has to transfer her to me – and she greets me with “That nice man answered your phone again.!”)
Me: Nevermind. I’ll just call YOU back from my desk phone. What’s your home phone number so I can write it down?
Mom: 718
Me: and?
Mom: And what?
Me: 718-what…
Mom: 718-2862
Me: I don’t know your area code. What’s your area code?
Mom: Area code? 718
Me: No, mom. Your area code! It’s 956, isnt’ it?
Mom: No, it’s 972.
Me: Mom, that’s my area code.
Mom: How should I know? You should know your own area code.
Me: Nevermind. I’ll get it from my cellphone when I hang up. I’ll call you right back from my desk phone.
(called Mom back and had very few psycho-babble moments before ending the call)
5 minutes later, Mom called me on my desk phone number –
Me: This is Kimber.
Mom: Which one do you want?
Me: What are you talking about?
Mom: Area code?
Me: Mom, I already found your area code — that’s how I called you back earlier.
Mom: Zip code, then — 7…
Me: Mom! – It was the area code and I already found it. Remember I already called you back?
Mom: Oh. Ok. Well, call me back if you need anything else.
Note: I hope she’s on good meds. I wish she would give me some…