Wash Woman and Telephone Escapades

Today Pam started college.  She went to class and then had to go to work.  We spoke briefly when she was driving to work.  We had to hang up when she got there because the reception at House 1 is extremely poor.  After she had been at work 15 or so minutes, I got a call from her phone.  I thought that was odd because of the reception issues.  When I answered the phone, there was nothing but incredible static.  Barely under the static, I could hear Pam but could not understand what she was saying.  So here I am, practically shouting into the phone, "Pam!  Pam!  What's wrong?!"  I finally got the idea to hang up and call the land line.  Every time I tried, I was still getting Pam's cell.  Ugghh!  Of course, now I am having anxiety because I automatically switch into catastrophic thinking.  So now I am feeling hysteria creep up on me.  "Pam!  Pam!  PAM!!"  Nothing.  I tried calling the land line again and got through.  Pam answers just as regular and professional as can be.  I was a wreck.  Her pocket called me.  Arghh!  So we took care of that problem.  Or so I thought.  

Not even 15 minutes later I got another call from her cell.   She then took it out of her pocket and put it on the table.  Okay problem solved.  Nope!  About 10 minutes ago, the damn thing called again!!  Apparently the phone got an update and somehow that triggered it to call.  Hopefully we won't have any more problems.  Gee whiz!!

My classes start tomorrow.  I am a little nervous about going to college.  I want to do well, but I don't know exactly what to expect.  I just don't want to fail.  :S

I have spent the better part of this evening catching up on laundry.  I finally have the last load in the wash (towels).  Yippee!!  I did something I don't usually do tonight.  I got Matthew to give me some of his laundry and did it for him.  I don't want to start a trend, but dang it!, he's been walking around in those clothes for I don't know how long without washing a stitch!  I have reminded him to wash his clothes many times and he always says he will.  I don't know if this is a "guy thing" or what.  I taught him how to do his laundry.  We may have let things pile up when he was growing up.  We never wore dirty clothes.  We just had a lot of clothes.  Back then, laundry day was hell.  Now that we have a washer and dryer in the apartment, it is so much easier to keep up with it.  I just wish that Matthew were more enthusiastic about washing his clothes.  >.<

I want to make some black beans in a few days and was looking for some Caribbean recipes.  I have the dry beans that you have to soak because I like making them from scratch.  All the recipes that I've found so far (and there weren't that many) have canned beans in them.  Ugh!  I get frustrated looking things up on the internet.  I don't know how people find things because I always have a hard time.  Maybe I need an Internet for Dummies book.  =0)