Hi there and thanks for stopping by! Last night is the one night that I really look forward to TV and when an obstacle gets in the way I am not happy but life happens. Suits was on in case you were wondering what was so important to me. Anyway, I got a phone call about a 1/2 hour before showtime. It was my good friend that I dine out with on occasion. We were once co-workers and that is how our friendship blossomed.
He was just calling to catch up and I am sure he had something to tell me. We talked for about 15 minutes. I don’t know how he does it but he has super sensitive ears for a person who is in his mid 60’s. I grabbed some paper towels and tore them off the roll. He asked me if I was feeding the cats. I said nope. He said your unwrapping something. I told him it was a paper towel. If you get the impression that this really irks me then your spot on. He is the only person that I know of that I have to be careful about what I do when I am talking to him on the phone. He will complain all day long that I am hurting his ears. Anyway, back on point. I was in the garage about to start cleaning my windows. He stopped to say hi to his dog as he had just gotten home and then presto, the phone goes dead. The call was lost from his side, either he terminated it or his device did. This happens once and a while and we just call each other back.
I rang him and the call went to voice mail. I thought oh his battery probably went dead. I left a message and went about my evening. Suits was on and close to the end when all of a sudden I got this weird feeling that something wasn’t right. Maybe someone broke in and they surprised him or maybe he had a heart attack. Anyway, I called back and again the phone rang off the hook and no answer. I left another message. Gave it a few minutes and called again, same thing, when voice mail picked up I hung up and called right back got voice mail again. I sent a text message and it went unread. It’s been close to an hour since we were interrupted.
Me being the concerned friend decided to call the police and have them check on him. I would have done it myself but he lives more than an hour away from me. If something truly is or was wrong they would get their much faster. I sat up until close to 10:30p waiting for a call back and fighting against my sleeping pills. Funny thing at 9:30p the text message I sent with the words “U ok?” was read. I never got a response. I was told the officer that took care of this would call me back. I also figured that once he got a knock on the door that he would have been calling me. Nope, nada. I woke up and had no voicemail or missed calls.
To protect their identity Law Enforcement often blocks their caller id when phoning and sure enough that is what happened here. I checked my call logs and my spam filter rejected 2 calls shortly after 10:30p. Once I saw that I figured okay so the officer did try to reach out. I called the police this morning and they gave me a # to reach the officer and said he would be happy to talk with me. That made me panic and I said so there aren’t any notes in the call? The response I got back with there was no answer at the door and the scene was secure. So he never actually met with anyone. That was good enough for me.
I am really at a loss for words here. I am second guessing myself that maybe I had a personality disorder and spouted off to him but I know that’s not true. His sensitive ears may have picked up or perceived to pick up something but I was listening to him talk , I remember the pause for the dog and then he started to talk and that’s all she wrote.
Not sure if he is mad at me or exactly what happened. Perhaps tonight I will get a call or learn more but I’ve thought about this off and on all day. It’s kind of upsetting. I have done all the right things here maybe to the point of overkill but I don’t plan on doing anything more. If he wants to talk he knows how to reach me. Ignoring my phone calls and text messages makes me think there is something stuck in his craw. Then again just because the text message was read doesn’t mean it was read by him. It’s all very strange to me and while I am concerned about him, I can’t afford to lose focus of my own life. I’ve been making silly mistakes all day because my mind is on this and this is really my only outlet. My hope is that things will go back to normal for me, regardless if I do or do not hear from him. I do care about him and don’t want to lose a friend. At a minimum I’d love to at least know that he is okay. As a bonus the rest of the story. Only time will tell if that is going to happen. This could easily turn into one of the great unknowns. This is totally out of character for him. He is outspoken and if there is a problem he is usually the first one to tell you all about it.
I still have a slight uneasy and confused feeling about the whole thing. However, I feel I have done my part as a friend and now it’s time to play the waiting game and see if he calls and explains what happened. However, the longer the silence the more my worry & concern mount. This is one of those awkward situations where you don’t want to over or under react.
So there you have it weirdness in it’s finest form. I will be sure to let you know if something more happens.
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