Hello? Is anybody there?

You know you're an over-tired parent when....

The other day our home phone kept ringing.

I would pick up, and all I could hear was my own voice echoing....

"Hello....hello?....HELLO!?.....*muttered shed words*....".

This happened four times.

I don't have caller ID, so I had no idea who I was intending to abuse, should it happen again.

Many people would say ignore it, don't pick up, let it go through to the answering machine - but I was in the mood for some ranty yelling, so I was actually quite looking forward to the overseas call centre finally getting their shit together and connecting correctly.

At the very same time as all of this was happening, I was on my mobile attempting to call #1Hubby about an urgent and important matter that could not wait until he got home from work that afternoon.

It was of such critical importance that I completely forgot what it was after the first prank call to the home phone.

Only on my fifth attempt to call #1Hubby, completely incensed about the repeated prank calls and ready to vent and rant to him about it....did I realise that I was attempting to call the wrong number under #1Hubby's various contact numbers on my mobile.

I was trying to call him...at home.

That's right, I was phoning myself.

Unwittingly pranking myself.

 

Shouting hello to myself, and the faint echo that I could hear was what my mobile phone, in my other hand, was picking up.

Seriously, should I have ever been allowed to procreate?

Totally unrelated to the post, but this image came up when I searched for "phone fail".  Check out the brows, yo!