Getting Connected

Its Friday night, and he was thinking about me. I was having a few beers and a wonderful spaghetti and meatball dinner with my friend, Linda. The room was crowded and I was sitting toward the back of the hall, at a long table. The noise in the room was such that I hardly heard my cell phone ring. Everyone that knows me is aware that by the time I find the phone in my purse, I almost miss the call. This time, though, I was lucky. I opened the case and said "Hello." The voice on the other end was a young man, and you know how it is with connections sometimes they are hard to pull out especially when the background noise level is loud. He said "Hello, whats happening?"

I was happy that, Steve, was calling, as I had left him a message earlier that week, hoping he could make it to the spaghetti dinner and turkey party. I was hoping to see him even if it was late. I knew he had been busy, and that's probably why I had not received a call from him in some time. So, I said "it's good to hear from you." He said, "I've been busy." I said, I've missed seeing you." He replied, something similiar.

He said I sounded happy, and where was I with all the noise in the background. So, I replied "I'm at the turkey party." He said "where?" I said, "the turkey party," thinking he had difficulty hearing me because of the noise. Then, I continued, "are you coming down?" He said "I'm a little tired, but where are you?" So, I replied that tonight was the turkey party at the church. He said, "Oh," and "how are Sarah and Alan doing?" I said, "who?" He said, "Sarah and Alan." I said I don't know a Sarah and Alan," beginning to understand now that I didn't know him either. Then I said, "I think you have the wrong number." He said he was sorry, but it was nice talking to me, and have fun at my turkey party." I said, "thanks I will, goodbye" and he said "goodbye."

As I hung up the receiver, I wondered to myself, what just happened here? I wondered who he was, where he was, he sounded so nice. And, I wondered if he wondered the same thing?

Strange things happen in this world.