Some New Year's Misdirection
Dec. 31st, 2005 09:59 pmSo, here I am and it's New Year's Eve. It's about 20:30. I figure I'll call Nick, see if he knows if anyone's doing anything. No answer; I call Mickey. No answer. I'm about to call Kevin when my mom reminds me of the existence of cell phones. So I call Nick on his cell phone.
Nick says that he is on his way to petmar's house. So, after cleaning the snow off the car, I drive over to Maywood, to petmar's house. I ring the doorbell; his mom answers, she doesn't recognize me. I've only been there once before. "Are you here to see Peter?" she asks. Yes, I say. She tells me he's not there, he's at Rob's house. Strange, I say, that Nick would have been on his way here, and yet not arrive before me! She calls him up for me and gives me the phone. Petmar says no, the party is *tomorrow* night, but come if you can. He had told Nick otherwise earlier - the date had flipped back and forth between today and tomorrow, it seems.
OK, so that would explain why Nick didn't know, but how had he not arrived before me? Petmar's mom pointed out that there had been some sort of accident on 17. I didn't come by the highway, so that could do it. But it's still strange. I call up Nick; there's no answer, I leave him a message, telling him to turn around. A bit into the message he actually answers. Where are you? I ask. He tells me he's in West Orange, at a party at the house of some friend of his girlfriend. "But you said you were on your way to petmar's..."
No, he tells me, he said he was on his way to a party, and that there was a party at petmar's house.
...gah!
So I return home, which is where I am now. Yay.
Nick says that he is on his way to petmar's house. So, after cleaning the snow off the car, I drive over to Maywood, to petmar's house. I ring the doorbell; his mom answers, she doesn't recognize me. I've only been there once before. "Are you here to see Peter?" she asks. Yes, I say. She tells me he's not there, he's at Rob's house. Strange, I say, that Nick would have been on his way here, and yet not arrive before me! She calls him up for me and gives me the phone. Petmar says no, the party is *tomorrow* night, but come if you can. He had told Nick otherwise earlier - the date had flipped back and forth between today and tomorrow, it seems.
OK, so that would explain why Nick didn't know, but how had he not arrived before me? Petmar's mom pointed out that there had been some sort of accident on 17. I didn't come by the highway, so that could do it. But it's still strange. I call up Nick; there's no answer, I leave him a message, telling him to turn around. A bit into the message he actually answers. Where are you? I ask. He tells me he's in West Orange, at a party at the house of some friend of his girlfriend. "But you said you were on your way to petmar's..."
No, he tells me, he said he was on his way to a party, and that there was a party at petmar's house.
...gah!
So I return home, which is where I am now. Yay.
