I GOT DIVORCED BEFORE I EVEN WOKE UP (8-19-09)

We went to Bear Lake over the weekend and ended up coming home a day early and got home late, late on Tuesday night. So I indulged myself on Wednesday morning and slept in. Jim had to get up early and take Conference Calls from home (thus the early Bear Lake departure) so the home phone lines were tied up. I could hear my cell phone ringing but was too groggy to acknowledge it, even though it was like 8:30 in the morning. I then got up and went about my business. Well, about 10:30 Jim finally gets off the phone and decides to retrieve messages. One of them was from a friend in the ward. He returned the call. The friend asked how we were doing........then got to the point. He had heard that morning that we were getting divorced. After Jim assured him that all was well we started making some phone calls and got to the bottom of it......Apparently Seth's scout leader had called that morning to invite Seth to join scouts since he will be 8 soon.

She asked for me............."Is Natalie there?" and a man said....."no actually she is not here. We just got divorced and she is staying with her mom........... here's the number."

She then said, a little flustered............."well, I was trying to reach Seth about Scouts." The man then said "You'll need to call her at her mother's. "

Poor gal was so upset and flustered she didn't know what to do so she called the primary president, who called a dear friend of mine who has a scout in my group....they were so careful not to spread the vicious story but little did they know that they can't offend me. I thought it was hilarious and spread the story myself......it soon became apparent that it had spread a bit further through he ward before I had even woken up that morning. Lucky for us the husband of the P.P. had the wherewithal to get to the point and ask us point-blank before it got to the Bishopric (that I know of)! Poor scout leader had mis-dialed and I assured her that she was not on my caller i.d.

So, there is the story about how I got divorced before I even woke up. In analyizing the story further with a friend this afternoon, we came to the conclusion that we know why the man was getting divorced. He obviously doesn't listen since there is no way that his wife's name was Natalie and his son's name was Seth. What a way to come back into town! Crazy!