Announcement: I am not pregnant

I called a couple of out of town friends yesterday. I am really bad about staying in contact with my friends out of state. While I am an avid e-mailer, I am not very good at getting on the phone. My out of state friend’s are definitely talking on the phone for long periods of time type of people. With everything that is going on, I don’t exactly have the time for hours and hours long conversations, but I do my best.

I called Brandy who is Georgia.

Me: “Hi! It’s Ava. How a…”
Brandy interrupting me: “Oh my god you’re pregnant”
Me: “Uh. No. I am just calling to say hello and see how you are and how the families are doing”
Brandy: “Oh, are you trying to get pregnant?”
Me: “No, not right now. How are you?”
Brandy: “I’m fine but I have to call you back”.

Note to self, call Brandy more often, she thinks that I only call her for major announcements. I’m on my lunch hour, so I get back on the phone determined to reach out and touch someone.

Dial up my friend Tracy who is in Arizona, and I prepare myself because I just glanced at the calendar and I realized that I totally missed her birthday in July. Crap!

Me: “Hi Tracy!”
Tracy: “Are you pregnant?”
Me: “Um no, not to my knowledge. Why did you know something that I don’t know?”
Tracy: “Are you sure you’re not pregnant”
Me: “Yes. We have taken precautions”.
Tracy: “Okay, but I have to call you back”.

So I guess they only want to talk to me if I’m pregnant. I figured I would stop with the out of state calling right there, since I seem to be disappointing everyone with my lack of a gestating fetus. Who needs a biological clock when you have friends?