Direct 'Radio' and Late Phone Calls

Tuesday evening the picture went out on my television. I had sound, I had my DirecTV menu but no picture. A bit irritating, but I'm not home an awful lot so I figured there wasn't a huge rush to get it fixed. I let my landlord know Wednesday and he assured me he was on it as he was having difficulties as well. Thursday, still no picture so I listened to The OC (couldn't miss it). The novelty of living like it was the pre-tv radio days was still there, so not very annoying. Plus I can't stand looking at Marissa - her acting is bad enough without seeing her lack of emotion. By Friday afternoon the problem was still not fixed. This is when I began to get irritated because my boss kindly made me take a day off so I could rest and get better. Stuck home for a day and a half without television during March Madness is pure torture. Trust me.

So I went to a friend's house Friday evening to watch the games, hang out and drink some beer. I called him Friday to set up times, etc. and then again when I got to the Metro so he could come pick me up. His girlfriend was out of town, Paul was out of town, neither of us had plans and both wanted to watch the games. Taking into consideration my television difficulties it was the perfect solution. Some background on his girlfriend will be important for the rest of the story. They have been having some 'difficulties' lately. She is convinced he is cheating on her (he isn't.....well, hasn't for over a year and it was only with one person a couple times - not making excuses for him but he has taken great steps to be a better boyfriend) to the point where she checks his emails while he's out. Evidently she checks his cell phone too because mine rang twice very late Saturday. Once at 11:45 with a private number (I never answer those) and again about 5 minutes later. This one was a call from my friend's cell phone so I answered and was promptly hung up on.

I would love to tell the rest of the story, but this friend is not in his office today. Hmmmmm......