First Phone Conversation!

Right now I feel like maybe somebody should be filling out a baby book about me: first word, first day of school, first taxi ride alone …. First successful phone conversation! I am very excited. Just now I finished my first phone conversation with a national – in which I actually communicated something. Up ‘till now “ting bu dong” (“I don’t understand”) is the extent of anything I’ve tried to say on a phone. Without being able to rely on wild hand gestures as a back-up, phones are pretty intimidating. BUT – I just managed to cal the couch deliver guy (I just bought couches for my living room) and arranged a new delivery date (being as he was supposed to come two hours ago, I figured something had happened). So, now it’s tomorrow at two! Nevermind that I only used the words, “Hi, I’m the foreigner.” “You can come tomorrow?” “You can come today?” “When can you come tomorrow?” “I don’t understand.” “When?” “You can come tomorrow at two?” “You can?” “Good.”
Celebrate! This is a big deal. I need pizza.