"Yes Ma'am - I called to tell you that you're old!"

I get really irritated by calls. Ricardo tells me maybe we shouldn't have a phone. But, I'm so clumsy, we probably need a phone for when the kids need to call 9-1-1 for me eventually, I'm sure.

We're on the do-not-call list, but we still get the "non-profits". One of them actually hung up on me today. I suppose they were irritated that I let them go through their whole spiel before I said No Thank You. And before I could ask them to take me off the list, click.

But tonight, I got a call that I stuck with. Cassie called me from my old stomping grounds - the glory days. Now ultimately, I've worked in non-profits. I've coordinated fundraisers. I've even made market research calls. So, I know the gig. And I am so impressed and proud of my alma mater as I was with Cassie and their campaign. It's one of the reasons I loved WT, and why my dad was happy to drop me off there. Because the people in Canyon, Texas - they talk to you. They're good folk. And that was their whole campaign, call 'em, talk to them. Ask questions. LISTEN. Fill them in on what's changed since I've been there.

And although the campaign and Cassie were very successful, she WAS talking to me. "YOU TALKING TO ME!?" Yes, you are. So, I got a bit of a kick to the stomach when she told me of all of the changes to the school since I've been there. It seems like we just moved from there. But I suppose it was longer since I stood on campus.

"When was the last time you were on campus?"
"Did you live in any of the dorms? ... Oh, really, that one is shut down now. "

What? Because I swear, I just graduated just a few years ago, right? So, when did they have time to get the new buffalo statue and the clock tower?

"Oh, you're an ex-athlete, yeah, they're not playing in that building anymore either. They built an ENTIRE NEW COLISEUM. (But what I heard was, an entire new stadium that you weren't worthy of playing in...) And your Fine Arts Building - yeah, we built another one of those, too."

But I spent a lot of time in that buliding. I made it great. And you went and got a new one? Pishaw. Fine, it was old.

OMG, I just got old? You called to tell me I'm old and ask for money? Sure, sign me up.

Seriously, someone should commend Cassie on a job well done. Ricardo and I were both on athleticic scholarships. And we're now so successful, what with this blog and all. So, we do feel we should give back to where we received our education. It's been a while since I've been back to WT, thanks to Cassie, I know that now.

That's how I roll.