texting | Anything is Possible!

Today’s prompt for #JusJoJan the 27th and Stream of Consciousness Saturday is: “make the call.” Use it as an idiom or use it literally. Have fun

I had to make a few calls to cancel appointments due to covid still showing up positive Wednesday after 9 days. My recovery seems stalled at around 70% better, which could be worse of course, but I’m ready to move on with my life. That sounds like I’m whining, but this is the stream of consciousness, so that’s what you get.

“Make the call” might sound ominous, like something you don’t want to do. Surely there are positive versions of making a call. Applying for a job, accepting a job, inquiring about volunteer work. Maybe you want to do it, but it’s a little scary, or you just weren’t ready. Maybe it takes courage. The day or the hour comes when you are ready to call an old friend, go to a meeting, make a reservation…. even calling it quits can be a good thing if the thing has run its course and is adding stress to your life. Where is that coming from? There’ve been times when I’ve overextended myself. Sometimes we can call for a sabbatical.

Speaking of sabbatical, I just finished Teagan’s book, Atonement Tennesse, the first in the series, which I greatly enjoyed. I related to the main character taking a sabbatical on dating which I did for a few years before June of 2011. But only because God said, this woman needs a dating sabbatical. Good call, God.

I’m thankful David made the call to me in 2011 when we were ready. I had not heard his voice in 39 years and was surprised that it sounded so ? northern. When we dated in high school, we were both recently transitioned from being military kids to civilian life so maybe he still had a mix from the melting pot and no clear accent. After his family moved back to Connecticut at the end of tenth grade, he spent the rest of his life in New England until moving back down south in 2012. So, I guess you can pick up or enhance an accent over 39 years. For a long time, his phone voice surprised me. It didn’t match my image of him. On the phone, the voice is all you have. In person, you get so many other pieces of the person. Like David’s scent that had subconsciously imprinted on my 16-year-old brain and is still intoxicating to me.

Texting gives us even less, but unless it’s close friends or family, I prefer texting. It’s easier for an introvert to text or email than make a call. It’s easier to connect on social media where we have more time to respond. Still, there are some old friends not on social media I should call.