Where do you go when you're gone?
My mom's best friend since high school is missing. Like, she's gone and no one knows where she is.
I'm watching my mom's friend's 12 yr old today. He slept over last night. So my mom put the phone by my bed and told me she'd call me to get me up. So the phone rang and I looked at the caller ID. It said City of Concord so I didn't answer it. When my mom finally called, I told her that someone else had called. She told me to check for a message. So when I did, it was Officer Cook looking for my mom. He wanted to know if she knew where Patty was.
It took me a couple tries to get back to my mom. The first time she was on the phone, the next time she was away from her desk and the third time I got her. I was like, The message was from Concord PD. Patty's missing. At first my mom was like, who are you talking about and I told her Patty. Not until I said her last name did my mom get it.
So my mom called PD and talked to the Watch Commander b/c Officer Cook was leaving for the day after he called us. The Watch Commander didn't know why anyone would have any reason to call my mom about Patty being missing. Which is the most stupid thing I've ever heard of. Mom and Patty are tight. Mom would be one of the first people I would call. And apparently Tom (patty's husband) thought to tell the cops to ask my mom b/c they're such good friends. Duh. Don't you always ask the best friend? Especially when the marriage isn't going well?
Anyway. I'm freaking out b/c not only is she missing, but in the last year she tried to kill herself. So of course I keep thinking maybe she's not missing. Maybe she's actually dead and they just haven't found her yet. And this doesn't make for me being a good baby-sitter.
I just want to curl up in a ball and not be bothered.
I want my mom to come home and take over for me.
I want her to come be the boss and make me feel better.
I want Patty to be okay so her two daughters won't have to live without her.
I want Thanksgiving and Christmas to come and go and not have to think about how Emilie and Paul are gone, and maybe Patty will be too.
I want to go way back to March when no one was dead or missing.
I want things to be better.
I want things to be normal again. (or as normal as they are for me anyway)
I guess that's it.
the end.
love,
me
[EDIT @ 2:36AM][SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 11th, 2007]
At about 12:30 on Friday when I had originally posted this message, Patty called her family from a gas station to pick her up. She had been missing for over 24 hours. The rest of it is quite personal, so I'll be making a Friends Only post about it at a later time.
[END EDIT @ 3:14AM][SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 11th, 2007]
X-posted
I'm watching my mom's friend's 12 yr old today. He slept over last night. So my mom put the phone by my bed and told me she'd call me to get me up. So the phone rang and I looked at the caller ID. It said City of Concord so I didn't answer it. When my mom finally called, I told her that someone else had called. She told me to check for a message. So when I did, it was Officer Cook looking for my mom. He wanted to know if she knew where Patty was.
It took me a couple tries to get back to my mom. The first time she was on the phone, the next time she was away from her desk and the third time I got her. I was like, The message was from Concord PD. Patty's missing. At first my mom was like, who are you talking about and I told her Patty. Not until I said her last name did my mom get it.
So my mom called PD and talked to the Watch Commander b/c Officer Cook was leaving for the day after he called us. The Watch Commander didn't know why anyone would have any reason to call my mom about Patty being missing. Which is the most stupid thing I've ever heard of. Mom and Patty are tight. Mom would be one of the first people I would call. And apparently Tom (patty's husband) thought to tell the cops to ask my mom b/c they're such good friends. Duh. Don't you always ask the best friend? Especially when the marriage isn't going well?
Anyway. I'm freaking out b/c not only is she missing, but in the last year she tried to kill herself. So of course I keep thinking maybe she's not missing. Maybe she's actually dead and they just haven't found her yet. And this doesn't make for me being a good baby-sitter.
I just want to curl up in a ball and not be bothered.
I want my mom to come home and take over for me.
I want her to come be the boss and make me feel better.
I want Patty to be okay so her two daughters won't have to live without her.
I want Thanksgiving and Christmas to come and go and not have to think about how Emilie and Paul are gone, and maybe Patty will be too.
I want to go way back to March when no one was dead or missing.
I want things to be better.
I want things to be normal again. (or as normal as they are for me anyway)
I guess that's it.
the end.
love,
me
[EDIT @ 2:36AM][SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 11th, 2007]
At about 12:30 on Friday when I had originally posted this message, Patty called her family from a gas station to pick her up. She had been missing for over 24 hours. The rest of it is quite personal, so I'll be making a Friends Only post about it at a later time.
[END EDIT @ 3:14AM][SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 11th, 2007]
X-posted