I was in a meeting today at work, and my phone started buzzing. I knew what the call was for\u2014 my cousin was having a baby, and my mom was calling to tell me. My assumption was confirmed when she texted: “It’s a boy!” She tried calling again, but I had to just let the phone ring because it was a pretty big meeting, I was near the front of the room, and I didn’t want to disturb anyone by stepping out.<\/p>\n
While I didn’t want to leave the meeting, I wanted to know what the baby’s name was, and didn’t want this unknown factoid to distract me for the next 30 minutes.\u00a0I texted my mom back and asked her to leave a voicemail at my Google Voice number with the details.<\/p>\n
My phone rang again and went to voicemail. A minute later, I read the transcript and was happy to learn that on July 17th, 2009, Marek was born.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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