Skyclad and dewey

Nope, just felt like saying that. I'm sitting here, listening to "Young Americans" and thinking of the day. I took Kid#2 to a non-birthday party. My youngest now has a singing potty. My oldest locked himself in his room and read until I played a "Blues Clues" video.

And my parents aren't dead.

Last night I got a phone call, around 6 local, from my brother. "I just passed a car wreck, and I can't get ahold of mom and dad!"

Alright. My brother and I don't generally get bent out of shape by little things. The word "unflappable" describes me in College V1.1 pretty well. Simple set of steps should take care of this.

I called my parents. No answer.
I slept on it.
At about 10 am local, I call again. No answer. Hmmm...
I call my brother. No answer.

I'm twisting my lips in that, "ooookay" kind of way.

With a modicum of concern, I call my grandma.
Me: "It's probably nothing, but my brother passed a car accident and can't get hold of mom and dad... you haven't heard anything."
Grandma: "Aiiieeee!!! They're dead! I just know it, the apocolypse has arrived!"

Okay, maybe it didn't go quite that way, but the results were:
4 incredibly panicked relatives
2 amused parents
1 annoyed brother

On the plus side, I found out that a cousin has gotten divorced, another cousin is getting married on the beach, and that none of them are talking to me about it directly.

Even so, I think I scooped the divorce before Grandma and Aunt. I feel good, considering I don't even live there.