Answer that phone!

We have a Panasonic wireless phone. 

A great advantange for me.  I can set it beside me wherever I am.  On the first or second ring, I’m right there!!

Except . . .

The other day I am resting in another room, upon my bed of ease!  I have left the phone in its cradle.  The answering machine kicks in after six rings.  I have valiantly tried to arise from my bed of ease.  Kicking my feet to the floor, I grab my walker.  I stand and feel my feet under foot!  They are alright, so I begin the venture across the floor.  Three rings and I speed up my stride.  Five rings and I’m just around the corner — but there a few more corners to go.  As I reach the phone, the ringing in my ears is gone, and so is the caller.

So, today . . .

I’ve headed to the throne room (la salle de bain) and inadvertantly left the phone in anothe part of the house.  In the midst of my concentration, I hear this ringing in my ears.  I arise to go forth.  I leave the rest of the story to you to fill in — the ending is that the message machine got the best of me!

Now, I’m carrying the phone with me — it’s within a meter of me right now!!