Bafflement.

Earlier today, my brother called to ask me if I'd gotten a text message; I told him I hadn't seen it, which was true. It was about doing a small favor for him, which I declined on the grounds I was about to start doing laundry and I'd already gotten back from the morning's bike ride and didn't want to gear up to leave the building again.

He'd called about a half-hour after sending me the text message, and for the life of me, I don't know why he didn't just call me to begin with. He knows I'm open to phone calls. He's heard me say just call them many, many times. I might've genuinely thought about doing the favor if he'd called to begin with, and I can't think why he didn't simply call me as soon as he wanted to gt in touch with me.