I reserve the right not to answer. Yes, that's right. If it is a bad time, I don't answer. You don't have to answer either. You can call them back. Save yourself the bother sometimes. If the baby is screaming, the toddler is climbing and the youngster is missing-in-action, you may want to focus on other things for a few minutes. Make the call to skip that call. You can get a hold of them later. Sometimes the Little People are bad when I'm on the phone because I chose to answer the phone at a bad time. Let's think for a moment... a bad time to answer might be:
- when you're making lunch and they're starving.
- when you just got home and you're still unloading them from your family vehicle.
- when it's just about naptime and you can't find the favorite stuffed animal and someone else needs to be changed and (etc, etc)
- when it's school time (um, if you were a teacher, no one could get a hold of you either).
