So it took me about 3 seconds to get angry at him. Classic.

I left T a message around 2:30. When I got done with class I turned my phone back on and saw that he hadn't called. I was half-annoyed, but he has never failed to get back to me on the same day that I have called so I was still expecting that I would hear from him. And I was sort of glad because that meant I could pick up the phone if he did call.

When I drive home from school, there is this park/wooded area that I cut through. It is the only point in the drive in which I do not get service. It takes about two minutes to cut through there. Well as my luck would have it, T manages to call during the two minutes in which I do not get service. So the phone does not ring... and I discover a voicemail on my phone once the service returns.

The voicemail.

Hi, it's M. Yes, I am back and it has been awhile. Well, I was just returning your message. If you need to, you can call me back and I'll try to get back to you. Alright, R, buh-bye.

WHAT

That's it?

The message was interesting because when he said "Alright" at the end (as if the message was even long enough to include a beginning, middle, and end) he sort of giggled when he said it... but not in a mocking way at all... sort of in a maybe he found my "do you still exist" message somewhat endearing. BUT STILL. It did not help.

I tried really hard to say to myself.... this is what I was asking for. A message. To say he is back. His voice. That's all. But I guess I was hoping for a little more:

Hope everything is going well.
Glad you called.
See you on Friday.
I missed you so much I tried to make my wife cut the vacation short, but she wouldn't do it.

Ok, maybe not that last one.

The week before he went away he had left me a message in regards to some confusion about whether or not I was going to still see my pdoc over there... Now that was a taking-care-of-business type call and he still said in the message, "I hope your internship is going well today" and "We can talk about this on Friday" and "Be well." Now this was a I-haven't-seen-you-in-two-weeks-and-I-have-no-object-constancy type call and he said none of that.

So I got mad. Quickly. If I need to call, I can and he will "try" to call me back? HA! There is no way on this earth that I would call him between now and Friday's session. No.

That's when I decided I was doing better before I spoke with him and that I'd like to send him back on vacation.

I'm setting a boundary. T is no longer allowed to use the phone. He sucks at leaving messages.