Caller Id

[susandennis]

For years now I have used a little caller ID box on my land line. And I have caller ID on my cellphone. Both of them print out my Mom's name when she calls.

I have replaced the land line with a new phone that has caller ID built in and now, when she calls, it prints out (and announces through the speaker) the name of my father. Kind of freaky.

The old caller ID box and my cellphone also, for instance, print out the main number whenever anyone calls from Microsoft. The new phone prints out the actual extension.

I had thought caller ID was caller ID but now we know I was wrong!

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But, yes, Mother called. At 9:30 her time which is like 4 a.m. for real people. She is on a jihad to get rid of her sitters. Tonight she told me I promised her that she could get rid of them Monday. Liar, liar pants on fire. Then she told me Polly told her she could get rid of them on Monday. Liar, liar pants on fire.

She says she is steady on her feet and no longer is shakey. I asked if she could do the crossword puzzle and she said 'oh I forgot about that! I'll do tomorrow's first thing!' She was trying hard to get me to say that tomorrow we would first them all. I said tomorrow 'we will look into what we can do.' She said that was the emptiest promise she had ever heard. I said that it was payback for all her years of 'we'll see' that I heard whenever I wanted something. She cried foul. And finally decided hung up.

I called Polly who, smartly, did not answer the phone and left her a voice mail telling her we gotta give Mom something - dump one of the three or something. I also sent Polly an email and said if we can't get rid of at least one can we get the day shift ones to go sit somewhere else (there are lounges and stuff) and just check on Mom every hour or so?

I hope so. Poor Mom has not had a minute to herself in 2006. She's in some serious need of alone time and I don't blame her a bit.