The Conversation

I called my dear friend Geni this morning (on HER cell phone) and her daughter Natalie answered the phone. Here was our conversation (Natalie is 4): Natalie: Hello. Me: Hi Natalie. Is your mom there? N: I don't know. M: Do you know where she is? N: No. Talk to David. (I have no idea who David is. He must be a friend of her 10 yo brother Noah.) Davd: Hello Me: Hi David. Is Geni there? David: I don't know. M: David could you please hang up the phone? I will call right back and leave a message, so please do not answer it when it rings. David: Okay. (I call back.) Natalie: Hello. Me: (sigh) Natalie please hang up the phone and when I call back do not answer so that I can leave your mom a voicemail message. N: Okay. (I call back again.) Natalie: Hello. Me: I give up. (I hang up). A few minutes later Geni calls back. She tells me that Natalie told her that I called and that I just KEPT calling back. Oy!