Telephone Calls...

Wanda,

Well you are certainly mastering the art of the cryptic phone message! Now that my curiosity is perked to a fever pitch... what did your parents have to say? You indicated in your message that your father called you last night and your mother called this morning. And..... er... I'm just a wee bit curious... what did they say?

I spoke with Ember Mitchell, she's in my COBOL class this quarter and her husband, Eric (also a close friend), is in my LAW class, and she indicated that perhaps you got me to help my parents with their odd chores in order to win their favor. She indicated, having had experience in that area, that most likely those were your designs. How VERY interesting! Well, I'm sure it worked... my Mom ADORES you methinks, and my Dad thinks you're very sweet. I think they still consider me to be pond scum... but at least they like YOU! *grin*

Thank you so much for coming down to my parent's house with me... it certainly meant a lot. You mentioned last night that you have never gotten so close with anyone as to discuss things we talked about. Rest assured, neither have I. As a matter of fact, this Friday will be a milestone in that I have NEVER taken a girlfriend to my parent's house more than ONCE!

By the way, you will LOVE my Dad's mashed-potatoes... actually, if you don't he'll be rather disappointed. We all have our little areas of pride and that is one of his. If you hate them, please just smile politely and say “these are soooooo wonderful... may I please have the recipe so that I can have it bronzed?” *laugh* Yup, that'll win ya some points!

Interesting note: spoke with Cheree this afternoon and asked her when she and Eric were getting married. She panicked. I asked why. She wanted to know if we were engaged. I told her no, that I was just going to tell her that I'd send her and Eric a gift but probably would not be able to attend their wedding. Not a problem. She said that she was worried I was going to tell her we were engaged because, as she put it, “You two are joined at the hip.”

Never in my life has ANYONE said that to me... it was interesting.

That aside, what did your parents say? I'm very curious... and I don't know if I can wait until 8:00 tonight to find out. Is it good or bad? Perhaps I'll just be paranoid until I hear from you. Yes, yes, I'm quite certain that is what I will do.

I suppose it's time now to do some homework. Dr. Addams, my Business Communications instructor gave me a 90/100 on my report (weenie!) and said that he will review my oral presentation to see if my grade should be raised. I REALLY am beginning to dislike this man! He's just such a TOUGH grader! This will doubtlessly be my WORST QUARTER IN HISTORY in regards to grades... but my BEST QUARTER IN HISTORY due to certain externalities... mostly you. Well, no, pretty much ALL you! *wink*

Have a great afternoon and I'll look forward to seeing you tonight. You don't have to tell me everything now... just enough to dispell my fears. I love you and I'm very grateful to have such a wonderful girlfriend.

Love always,

- Robert. =)