Happy Birthday to Ashley
May 18th, 2008
Dear Ashley,
You are the kind of friend who calls not only on my birthday but on my kids’ birthdays as well. You were the first non-family member I called after the kids were born. And so you would think I would do better to call you on your actual birthday.
If I have excuses to give, they are these -
1. While vacationing in South Padre (I told you about this already, so I should be in the clear, right?), we stayed in a concrete and metal building which prohibited cell phone and internet usage.
2. Also while vacationing in South Padre, I realized I did not have your current phone number stored in my cell phone. I am a dummy who doesn’t update these things. I never thought I’d be “one of them”.
3. Upon our return home, I now realize I do not know where your number is at all. If you still lived in Underwood (our dorm at A&M for those still reading this far), I would know your number. If you still lived in Fort Worth, I would know your number. If you still lived in that other part of Arkansas, I would know your number (the one stored in my cell phone). However it is lost somewhere and cannot be found.
4. I had one more thought about getting your number off our caller ID since you were so faithful to call on Colby’s birthday. But of course, the whole world tried to call us while we were gone to South Padre, so in a mere 3 days we accumulated more wrong numbers than we normally would in 3 weeks.. maybe 3 months. But thankfully we weren’t home.
Anyway, I really really am sorry and rather than send you this as an email, I’d rather admit my sins to you and to my whole blogging world (you know, all 4 of you out there. not counting Ashley.) So, buzz me, beep me, page me, fax me, email me, or call me and if all else fails send a carrier pigeon. (No wait, Cooper wouldn’t like that…) Please send me your phone number and this time I promise I’ll put it in my cell phone and burn it to memory.
Love always,
the Jenna-shmo (who is “shmo” sorry)
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1. Ashley | May 20th, 2008 at 12:19 am
I forgive you! All excuses accepted! I didn’t expect a public apology. Thanks! Yeah, my number no longer starts with the prefix 847, nor does it have the area code 979, 817, or 903. I’ll e-mail it to you.
Love you babe!
I meant to tell you this the other day somehow, but I forgot. I was watching some show which I don’t currently remember. I think My Name Is Earl. And they said something like “And some shmo came but didn’t help us…” and then they cut to the guy’s uniform and it said “Mr. Schmo”… with a C! The captioners spelled it without a C, but the nametag showed otherwise. Thought that was funny and immediately thought of you.
Thanks again for apologizing. No hard feelings and I’ll talk to you on August 20th, if not before.
2. Ashley | May 20th, 2008 at 12:21 am
Also, I didn’t know I was the first non-Stephenson, non-Grubbs to get a phone call. I feel extra special now. You know you make me cry.
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