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01.20.03 : 11:58 pm

so yesterday, out of the blue, jody calls me.

we hadn't spoken in six months (almost to the day), ever since she got all pissed off that i couldn't afford to run off to vegas and drop a couple hundred for her birthday.

and frankly, at that point i was sick of her attitude and just an assortment of other crap, so i wasn't upset by what appeared to be the end of a seven (plus) year friendship.

in talking to jody yesterday, i realized that some things about her haven't changed one bit in six months. however, other things have changed dramatically. i'm not sure how to take it all... but for once she actually seems considerate of other peoples feelings.

a prime example, is that in the near eight years i've known her, its been near impossible to get her off the phone. if she called while i was busy eating dinner, or on the other line or something, there was no way to let her go aside from practically hanging up on her.

hanging up on someone is not a particularly nice thing to do, but when your dinner is getting cold, and your dinner partner is getting lonely, the last thing you want to do is hear someone talk endlessly about nothing of any real importance.

which is why i can barely believe that yesterday when she called and i told her i was just about to sit down and eat, she offered to call me back in an hour.

wow. needless to say, i didn't expect that.

and today when she called again and i was on the other line, she let me go with no protest. i called back once i was finished with my conversation, and everything was fine.

and yunno, it may seem like a really small thing, this whole getting off the phone business, but really, it's huge.

if this new behavior doesn't fade away, i think we have a chance of getting along again. and i think our friendship will have a chance to be, for once, two-way.

... only time will tell.

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