Appreciating Silence
📸 Efren For almost a year now, I've had my phone in silent mode. Not mute. Silent, as in without sound. My family really gets annoyed with this. Zach often complains I should not have my phone in silent. "What if someone needs to reach you during emergencies?" My immediate family knows the pain since they've been trying to reach me a couple of times before but could because you know... phone was silent 😅 A few weeks ago, I forgot to reschedule Zach's dental appointment. I called up the dental clinic, an automated machine answered saying the clinic will call me at 15:45. I misheard and thought the clinic will call at 16:15. Insert Swedish lesson: time is told by specifying number of minutes before or over. 15:45 = kvart i sexton (quarter before 4o'clock) 15:15 = kvart över sexton (quarter after 4o'clock) Checked my phone at 16:00 and realized the clinic had already called 😩 Zach: Mommy, have your phone's notification on! The next day, I called up e...
