The Mystery Phone Call

The weirdest thing happened to Austin & me last night as we were trying to sleep. At 1:30 am, he and I both were wide awake and jumped up in bed. Both of us had heard the phone ring, and it had woken us out of our sleep. However, as we sat there trying to wake up enough to figure out what was going on, we realized that the phone was NOT ringing. Austin got up and went on to the bathroom, and I decided to check the caller ID on the phone next to the bed to see who had called. There was no new calls. So I get up and go into the living room and check that phone - no new calls either. Our phones are usually pretty good about picking up the number even if it only rings once, which it must have considering it woke us both up. Yet, here I was at 1:30 in the morning staring at the phones, trying to figure out what the heck was going on.

And then of course, I couldn't go back to sleep. I started thinking that maybe it was my parents calling to say that something bad had happened to my grandmother in the hospital and then they had decided to wait to tell me in the morning. I almost called them to ask if they had called, but decided against it because I would have felt bad if they were sleeping and had no idea what I was talking about. So then I just had to lie/lay (?I never know which is the right one to use when?) there in bed and stare at the ceiling wondering what was going on. Needless to say, I didn't get much sleep last night, but I called my dad this morning and he said they didn't call and that my grandmother is fine so I have no idea what that was all about.

If it had just been me that had woken up, I would have thought I was dreaming or something because I have been having strange dreams lately. On Thursday or Friday night of last week, I pushed my poor cat out of bed and across the room in my dream because I was freaking out about something in the swampy water I was swimming in (don't ask!). So it wouldn't surprise me if it had been me. But Austin also woke up and not just because I did but because he heard it to. So this blog is to say: mystery caller, please don't call and freak me out again in the middle of the night! ;) I need some sleep to get through these long days of work!