Sometimes you have a problem that you don't know how to deal with. Often you know someone who can help you or has intimate knowledge of your desperate situation. Sometimes YouTube can help. Other times you feel like you're on your own.
Many times, when it comes to issues I can't fix or don't know where to start, I can find the answer in my speed dial list:
1) Mom: Recipes and gardening how-to's, and she can explain to me how husbands work (she's been married to one for 39 years, so she gets it). Also, she's my best friend and we can often bitch about stuff to each other.
2) Dad: Air Conditioning problems and golf or baseball and cars. Just yesterday I had to summon his awesome A/C power to figure out why condensation from our A/C unit was backing up into our closet. The man is a genius.
3) Sara: An ear for random bitching, also helps that she is usually the best at talking me out of bad ideas, like buying an outfit retail. She is a yarn hoarding enabler and also big on skincare and makeup questions.
4) Kara: If I have a problem with my hair I don't talk to anyone before I call Kara. Also really good at listening to me bitch about stuff.
5) Dave: Is on speed dial because I like calling him. We usually talk about random crap and how each other's day has been. He's good to talk to if I need a mood lifter and it's too early to mix a mojito.
3 comments:
I too think I only ever call 5 people; my dad for matters of the heart, my mom for all things practical, my gal Jill to chat or bitch, Joshy to chat as well, and my Grandma because she likes it.
I completely understand this. It's so interesting how lives weave together and how different people are so connected to different pieces of each of us.
I usually call my dad about reading/life/school things and my out-of-state friend for when I want to share a stupid story. That's like 90% of who I call.
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