Critter got engaged*

Ok, for some reason not only can I not post to OD from my Treo, I can’t post from an iPhone (I borrowed one) either, so all I could put up was the title while I was at work. Now on to the meat of the entry…

Critter got engaged. That bugs me, it was a shock, but I think I did alright with it. The thing that royally brasses me off about it all is I didn’t hear it from Critter. I heard it from Ember, to whom Critter sent a text saying "I’m Engaged!" or something of the sort. OF COURSE Ember called me to see how I was doing. She’s my best friend/little sister type person. When I heard her ringtone while I was at work I grabbed my phone and asked her "what’s he done this time?" thinking TacoBoy had screwed up again. After I explained who "he" was and she confirmed that he hadn’t done anything she asked me how I was doing. I told her I was fine, and asked why, already hearing the faint whistle/ripping linen sound of incoming artillery in my head. She told me she’d gotten a weird text from Critter. Again, a pause to see if I know what’s coming and I obviously didn’t so I asked her what did it say, thinking I was going to have to try to find a plausible excuse to leave work right away and go rescue Critter from something nasty. That’s when she told me.

BOOM!

And I’m *so* not at all mad at Ember. She was doing the right thing, she knows Critter and I are still close, and she wanted to make sure I wasn’t doing anything stupid and that I was OK. I’m pissed as hell at Critter though. I’m sure she was excited and wanted to tell the world but for the love of God could she not have left Ember out of the loop until she told ME?!?! She and Ember are friends but not really close friends, so I’m sure Ember wouldn’t have minded getting the news after I did.

Before we got off the phone with each other Ember said something that made me feel better about the whole situation. She politely suggested that maybe I shouldn’t be watching the kids for them anymore, and said "it’s time for the one who’s ‘gonna be’ to watch the kids instead of the one who ‘should have been’." For some reason that means so much to me, and I can’t for the life of me figure out why even nine hours later.

Still haven’t heard from Critter. No text, e-mail, or voice-mail with the news. Not even a message in some format or other for me to call her. No discernable attempt to contact me at all. I thought we were supposed to at least be friends, and I’m sure she wants to tell me in person, but again, how does she think that Ember isn’t gonna say something?