They sentenced me to twenty years of boredom

Yesterday I was taking my fifteen at work when my phone rang. I answered.

"Hello! New Zealand calling!"

"...uh, beg your pardon?"

"...New Zealand calling!"--

"Huh?--"

Oh!

Sarah Taylor is doing a semester in New Zealand, and she called me! We could only talk for about ten minutes before my phone died, but it was still nice to hear from her. She was riding a bus and the bus driver, a cranky old cuss, said something that reminded her of an old inside joke from 6th grade (track and field! yikes, I used to run places on purpose!), and decided to call me just to say hello. From New Zealand.

There's something to be said for friends.