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When I first becaht I had itbut tied this whole eternity thing

"Did I just Debbie Downer the wholeall quiet and sad now"

"Nah, I’," I brushed it off and smiled at him

"You’re not supposed to think We’re on vacation!" Bobby said with false bravado He leaned forward suddenly, looking excited "We should do so" His smile widened and his eyes sparkled "Or we could see if we could get a dingo to take our baby" He said the last part with an exaggerated Australian accent, trying to channel Meryl Streep

To bone up for the trip, Bobby had rented A Cry in the Dark and watched it like ten times I’m sure there were better movies about Australia, but this one was his favorite It was the true story of a wo her own baby, but she insisted that a dingo took it

So, throughout the last o took my baby" about a thousand tihed

My phone jingled the first three seconds of "Purple Rain," and I leapt out of bed For the majority of the trip, my phone had sat discarded on et any service

The "Purple Rain" ringtone just meant that I had a voice enough to register that I rushed to grab it before the signal dropped

"Who is it?" Bobby asked, ju out of bed afterthat he was excited vicariously

"I don’t know" I tried to call my voicemail, but the call immediately dropped "Damn!"

"Go over to the !"

When I walked over to the , a bar flashed on The closer to the , the brighter the signal I was a little fanatical about having a chance to hear someone’s voice (in particular Jack’s), so I pushed the screen out of the

"What are you doing?" Bobby asked

"Getting a signal!" I leaned out the , and I finally ed to connect to my voicemail