An Unexpected Phone Call

I just got a voicemail from my mom's best friend. She's in town on business until Tuesday and wants to know if I can meet her for dinner tomorrow night.

Which is cool. I'm glad to see her. It's been a while. She's a terrific lady. But I can't help but think my mom (whom I still haven't talked to since the holidays) put a bug in her ear about checking up on me and reporting back.

I completely trust my mom's friend to have some discretion and maybe even do some good as far as facilitating communication goes, but I'll definitely have my guard up.

She's a university bigwig and probably on expense account, so I'll at least get a fabulous dinner out of the whole deal.