Day 239 "It's Nice To Have A Friend"

I got a new Windows based phone along with a new phone number in the last three months.  It's a pretty nice phone but it's a lot different to use than an Android phone or plain old cell phone.  Anyway, for the last two months I've been getting around fifteen to twenty calls a day from debt collectors.  At first I thought they were all for me because of two visits to the Emergency Room but today I decided to pick up a couple of the calls and come to find out they're for a totally different person than me.  The one debt collector tried to tell me I was past due on my car and that it was in danger of being repossessed.  I laughed and told him that my car has been paid off for eight years and currently doesn't run.  I told him repossessing it would save me the trouble of getting a junk yard out here to tow it away.  Anyway, I didn't get anymore calls the rest of the day.

I get so many of these calls that I've been ignoring my phone ringer a lot.  Well, after scrolling through all my missed calls I come to find out that I've missed two calls from someone who's been very supportive of me and I know I can call a true friend.  It makes me feel really bad that I missed talking to this person because it's been a long time since I've seen him or talked to him. He was gone for a number of years out of the state and we never really got to say goodbye.  I always wondered about him and hoped that someday we would reconnect which did happen after almost eight years.  All I know is that this friend is the kind that doesn't come around a whole lot  and I'm blessed that he wants to be a part of my life.

Today my mood has been pretty stable except for this evening.  We were babysitting my seven year old nephew and three year old niece.  They were jumping around and acting like animals for hours.  It was hard to hear yourself think.  Well, I was getting my dinner ready and just couldn't take it anymore.  They weren't listening to my Mom at all and I exploded on both of them.  I didn't raise my hand threaten anyone I just yelled at both of  them and made them go their separate ways.  They both cried and my nephew got very confrontational but I just ignored him.  He eventually calmed down and everything was all good.  I just don't know how much longer my Mom can handle doing this.  It's obvious she dislikes it and would love to get out of it.