off-guard

there are phone calls i've been trying to stop for so many times now.  they'd stop, then resume.  stop again, then resume again.  stop, resume, stop, resume, stop, resume  : }

on my birthday, i resolved to REALLY stop the calls come november.  i was thinking if these calls are going to end, then it's really up to me.  it takes two to tango.  no matter how many times the other party calls, if i don't pick up, then there's no conversation.

i was holding up quite well but then last week the caller did something unexpected.  he called my other number at a time i was just earlier having exchanges with someone flying out-of-town.  i was already asleep, the lights were out (i like to sleep pitch dark), that phone rang.  i picked it up thinking it was the other guy earlier about to tell me he has arrived at his destination (presumptuous, haha).  it turns out, however, to be the caller i was trying to avoid  : }  ooops, he has not really been calling that number lately.  first fall...

second fall:  i was on the phone with my boss's chief-of-staff this morning... i was rushing something to be sent to their office.  i was running late when my phone rang.  i picked it up expecting it to be the boss's office.  guess what, it was the guy whose calls i was avoiding  : }  hmmm... regular office hours???  totally unexpected call time!  i was again caught off-guard... and again avoidably faltered...

there is such a thing as caller ID.  next time, i'll make it a point to check that before picking up... no more assumptions  ->  they cost you...