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Jul. 28th, 2004 09:48 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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I got a phone call last night at about 9:30. A deep sexy man's voice on the other end of the phone said "I'm in Montreal, I can't talk long..." WTF!?!?! I mean.. hey, a call from a strange man in Montreal before bed is NEVER a bad thing, but I don't know any strange men in Montreal, or strange men traveling to Montreal, for that matter.
So, being the decent and honest girl I was, instead of taking advantage of the situation (Is there anything wrong with chatting up strange men from Montreal?) I said... "Who is this?!?!"
"It's Matt"
That would be my brother,![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
fatty666.
I'm glad I didn't chat him up afterall. (EWWWW)
Apparently he got held up in customs between North Carolina and Montreal, and missed his connecting flight.
Now, for those of you who don't know, my brother is 17. Despite the fact he looks like he's about 25 and has the maturity level of a 40 year old, he is only 17 and being stuck by yourself with no idea what's going to happen in a big fecking airport where the majority of the people speak a language other than English is daunting for anybody.
So after I got my head back on my own shoulders (our first conversation was very brief and very mysterious and I didn't have a clue *what* was going on) he called me back and we had a more leasurely conversation. He had new tickets, but not until this morning, he didn't know where he'd stay but he found out it's ok to spend the night at the airport. He didn't have any Canadian money, but there was a money changing kiosk in the airport so if he needed any he'd be fine. The problem was my mother (sigh) was already on her way to the airport and was going to have a coronary when her wittle baby boy didn't get off da nasty old airpwane.
I called the airport to have her paged but only got an answering machine. "we're sorry, nobody's here to take your call right now..." Excuse me? Isn't this an international airport? Everybody goes home at night and the passengers just let themselves out? HEY TERRORISTS! C'MON IN TO HALIFAX. QUITTING TIME'S AT 8:00!
I had Matt call me back at 11:00 so that I could touch base with him. I assumed I would have gotten ahold of my mother by then, but I didn't. While I was on the phone with him my mother called and left a message. The message went something like this:
"Hello? Hellloooo? Giiiinaaa? Pick upppppp. It's Mommmmmm.... Pick UUUUPPPPPP! I'm at the Airport and Matt's not here. Pick UPPPPP..... Hellooo????? Helllloooooo????"
Hello Mom? I haven't had that type of answering machine for at least 10 years now.
After I stopped laughing my ass off (sorry, but it was funny in a pathetic sort of way) I waited for her to call back. In the meantime she called my sister (who I'd been IM'ing all this time) My sister told her everything was cool and Matt missed his plane and he'd be home tomorrow - so when my mother called me at least she wasn't hysterical. I reasured her that all was good, gave her the flight number and arrival time and told her that Matt was going to call me periodically and that I'd call her if there were any problems. No call = no problems.
Matt spent the night at the airport (poor wittle guy) He called me this morning to tell me he survived the night and didn't get sold into white slavery. (Don't laugh, it could happen!)
His flight leaves in about half an hour from now, but sadly he has a long stop over in New Brunswick (about a 5 hr drive from here) and won't be home until supper time tonight. Poor kid started this adventure at 6:00 yesterday morning.
Which brings me to my grateful list for the day.
1. I'm grateful that my brother is safe and on his way home.
2. I'm grateful (and honoured) that he chose me to be the one to man command central here in Nova Scotia until he got home.
3. I'm grateful in general forfatty666. Kid's been through some shit. Not just this shit, but lots of shit and he's still a pretty decent individual. He's also smarter than shit and damn sexy for a 17 year old - even if he is my brother.
That's your news for today.
I got a phone call last night at about 9:30. A deep sexy man's voice on the other end of the phone said "I'm in Montreal, I can't talk long..." WTF!?!?! I mean.. hey, a call from a strange man in Montreal before bed is NEVER a bad thing, but I don't know any strange men in Montreal, or strange men traveling to Montreal, for that matter.
So, being the decent and honest girl I was, instead of taking advantage of the situation (Is there anything wrong with chatting up strange men from Montreal?) I said... "Who is this?!?!"
"It's Matt"
That would be my brother,
fatty666. I'm glad I didn't chat him up afterall. (EWWWW)
Apparently he got held up in customs between North Carolina and Montreal, and missed his connecting flight.
Now, for those of you who don't know, my brother is 17. Despite the fact he looks like he's about 25 and has the maturity level of a 40 year old, he is only 17 and being stuck by yourself with no idea what's going to happen in a big fecking airport where the majority of the people speak a language other than English is daunting for anybody.
So after I got my head back on my own shoulders (our first conversation was very brief and very mysterious and I didn't have a clue *what* was going on) he called me back and we had a more leasurely conversation. He had new tickets, but not until this morning, he didn't know where he'd stay but he found out it's ok to spend the night at the airport. He didn't have any Canadian money, but there was a money changing kiosk in the airport so if he needed any he'd be fine. The problem was my mother (sigh) was already on her way to the airport and was going to have a coronary when her wittle baby boy didn't get off da nasty old airpwane.
I called the airport to have her paged but only got an answering machine. "we're sorry, nobody's here to take your call right now..." Excuse me? Isn't this an international airport? Everybody goes home at night and the passengers just let themselves out? HEY TERRORISTS! C'MON IN TO HALIFAX. QUITTING TIME'S AT 8:00!
I had Matt call me back at 11:00 so that I could touch base with him. I assumed I would have gotten ahold of my mother by then, but I didn't. While I was on the phone with him my mother called and left a message. The message went something like this:
"Hello? Hellloooo? Giiiinaaa? Pick upppppp. It's Mommmmmm.... Pick UUUUPPPPPP! I'm at the Airport and Matt's not here. Pick UPPPPP..... Hellooo????? Helllloooooo????"
Hello Mom? I haven't had that type of answering machine for at least 10 years now.
After I stopped laughing my ass off (sorry, but it was funny in a pathetic sort of way) I waited for her to call back. In the meantime she called my sister (who I'd been IM'ing all this time) My sister told her everything was cool and Matt missed his plane and he'd be home tomorrow - so when my mother called me at least she wasn't hysterical. I reasured her that all was good, gave her the flight number and arrival time and told her that Matt was going to call me periodically and that I'd call her if there were any problems. No call = no problems.
Matt spent the night at the airport (poor wittle guy) He called me this morning to tell me he survived the night and didn't get sold into white slavery. (Don't laugh, it could happen!)
His flight leaves in about half an hour from now, but sadly he has a long stop over in New Brunswick (about a 5 hr drive from here) and won't be home until supper time tonight. Poor kid started this adventure at 6:00 yesterday morning.
Which brings me to my grateful list for the day.
1. I'm grateful that my brother is safe and on his way home.
2. I'm grateful (and honoured) that he chose me to be the one to man command central here in Nova Scotia until he got home.
3. I'm grateful in general for
fatty666. Kid's been through some shit. Not just this shit, but lots of shit and he's still a pretty decent individual. He's also smarter than shit and damn sexy for a 17 year old - even if he is my brother.That's your news for today.
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Date: 2004-07-28 08:14 am (UTC)but what really cracked me up is that message your mom left. my parents do it all the time, and i havent had *that type* of answering machine for a VERY long time!! i've even tried explaining that to them but they dont remember, or think i'm lying.
geesh.