referral part two -- sharing the news

First I tried to stop crying. Seriously. Then I'd giggle. Then the tears would come again.

I called Justin first. 

J: Hello. 

me: Guess what.

J: What?

me: We have a son.

J: What? Wait, a referral?

me: Yes!

J: Today? They called today?

me: y-- (interrupted)

J: (sirens blaring) I have to go. (hang up.)

Ok. So I sit and wait. Because I can't call anyone else until the Dad knows. Right?

me: Hello?

J: Hey, sorry. Code one. 

me: It's ok. We have a son!

J: Wow. 

me: I know! He's three weeks old and--(interrupted)

J: ( sirens blaring) Crap, gotta go! I'll call you back.

me: Wait! Can I tell others yet!?

J: Yes. Bye. 

Well, he said I could. So I did. 

A little background: The previous Sunday my BF Christina had said she guessed we'd get a call on Thursday. For no reason, she just thought Thursday would be a good day. Thursday morning I emailed her to remind her that she had placed that bet and that if she was wrong, I was going to call her and laugh at her. 

So I called her. 

C: Hello.

me: Hi there. What are you doing tonight? Like, what's your Thursday activity?

C: Just kickball (yes, that's right. she's in a kickball league.) ... Why? Am I a psychic? (Inside joke: for Christmas I gave her a pamphlet on the "10 Easy Steps to Becoming a Psychic")

me: Well, I don't know since you only had ten steps...but I do have a son today.

C: WHAT! Oh my goodness oh my goodnessohmygoodness!!! (She starts crying. And giggling.) Oh! I can't believe it! Congratulations! (I hear this noise.) Oh, and I just want you to know that my secretary is clapping. Oh my gosh! I'll be there tonight. As soon as I can. 

Hm, this calling people is fun. Let's do another one. How about...Justin's mom. Yes, let's do that one next. I call her office and her sister answers the phone.

DL: Hello. Any news yet. (Gotta love caller ID.)

me: Ha. Well, I was really just calling to ask JK a question.

DL: Allllright. 

JK: Hello?

me: Hiya. How are you today?... blah blah blah... So, what are you doing tonight? Do you have any plans?

JK: Uh, well, no I don't think so. I mean, dinner. But no, no plans.

me: Well, good. Because you need to come to my house to see pictures of your grandson.

JK: Oh, ok. (pause) WAIT! Did you say? Did you get the call! 

(in the background I hear this: -- DL: She lied! She didn't tell me anything! JK: Well, who do you think she's going to tell first! Me! The grandmother! Not you!) 

This game is so fun! But I started to run out of people to call. I knew I was going to see some people later on...so I wanted to start saving some for face-to-face. I mean, if it was this fun to tell people over the phone, then how fun would it be to see them?! One last call...

Misty: Hello?

me: Hey. Can we meet for coffee tonight after church? I know it's kinda late, but I just need some hangout time. Is that cool?

Misty: Coffee?! Of course! 

me: Good. Can we just hang out at my house instead? We'll make some coffee and just hang out and not get kicked out. 

Misty: (sounding suspicious) Uh, suurrre. 

I know that she is already suspicious, so I start on a plan to throw her off the scent. I love surprises. And being sneaky. 

Stay tuned. The next post is telling people in person. It's really good.