[notfarnow]

This happened to me a few weeks ago... out at a friend's, went to the bars and crashed at his place. I called our house and left a message with my sister in law, who promtly fell asleep without relaying the message. My wife called at 6 AM, very upset... not mad, just worried. I was in the clear, because I had called.

I've never been really good about calling and "checking in", especially if it's late, I've been drinking and I've lost track of time. In this case, I knew I was in the clear so I wasn't all defenive and didn't get my back up, and I realized how worried she really was... I'm more careful about it now.