Thoughts

Who do I talk to in requesting a "do over" on last night's sleep? The opportunity to close my eyes and attempt a better rest is greatly appealing. (I'll avoid my geeky request for the real life Crtl+Z.)

Everything was going as planned. The Sunday night football game was on (with minimal volume) as I lie in bed with my Torts book. I was being a good student and reading the cases before class...blah blah blah. As I began to fade, I set my book down and turned out the lights and off the television. It was maybe midway through the third quarter.

The next thing I know, my cell phone is ringing. Most people sleep with their cell phone off or in the other room. I use my cell phone as my alarm, thus it being on...full volume and a few inches from my head. It rings. I answer. Loud undecipherable noise. Call ends. Great. It rings again...

Did I recognize the number? Are you kidding? I did not have the presence of mind to actually look at it first, I simply answered. The loud background noise coming through the phone sounds familiar. I know that noise...that sounds like a bar. Who on Earth is at the bar at whatever time it is?

"Hello?"
"Hey!"
"..."
"Do you know who this is?"

Ok, I have to stop. This is the all-time WORST question to ask someone on the phone. Why do people do this? A better question is do I care who it is...

"No."

Rob Caliendo, ladies and gentlemen. One of my brother's groomsmen-to-be decided that this was the perfect opportunity to discuss whatever it was that was on his mind with...me. The little background you need is that he just so happened to have called me the night before. I was at the bar. He was at the bar. If you have ever attempted a similar phone call, you understand the difficulty. As I did not have his phone number and could not distinguish any recognizable voice patterns over the phone amidst the noise I did not know it was him. But last night was a great time to recap our call, right?

"Hey, I called you last night."
"Yes. If that was you, then yes you did."
"We need to talk."
"Ok."

If in fact he has something wedding related, one might suggest calling me at another time. One where we are both available to talk and maybe brainstorm with clear heads if need be. On the other hand if he called for another reason, so be it. This is the part of the conversation that is a little fuzzy in my head, but I will do my best to give you the rundown.

"Ok, I blacked out last night and I know we talked."
"Well, there was too much noise and I never heard a word you said."
"But the call went on for minutes."
"No, it was very brief. I couldn't hear you and that was it."
"I was told we shared a moment."

You really have to know the kid. This is him half-seriously attempting to find out what went on and him half-obnoxiously baiting me into a much longer conversation than I am hoping to have.

"No, we didn't."
"You don't sound like your usual self."
"I was sleeping."
"Why? It's not like you have to work tomorrow."

Ok, now this threw me for a loop. I seem to remember going to sleep on Sunday night, which would make this "tomorrow" he speaks of Monday by my calculations. But if this person is telling me I don't have to work the next day, it can't be Sunday. So I start to wonder why I was asleep and what day it is really. A ha, I figured it out. Tomorrow (today), Monday is Columbus Day. A day apparently where some businesses take the day off to celebrate a day on which a man found some islands near where we now call home.

"Actually, I do have work tomorrow.
"Ok, call me later this week. We have to talk."

Ok, Rob. I'll call you this week.

12:30am. Not too late when you really think about it, but it was my inability to fall asleep after the phone call coupled with the 4am wakeup time I had scheduled for this morning. It's this little thing I do since I am a bad student and have difficulty having the cases read before class...blah blah blah.

So if I appear crabby today, my excuse is now made public.