u should stop @ wells fargo @ safeway 2 sign a bank paper. see Mehdi. from claude
from a 415 phone number, Saturday, November 28, 5:52 PM

This seems kind of sketchy and encoded. Not least because banks aren't open at 5:52 PM on Saturdays.

Hey Leila! I miss you already! Is Bryce going to the party tonight?Yasmine
from a 406 phone number, Saturday, November 28, 3:27 PM

I don't know who Bryce or Yasmine is, but I do admire the impeccable capitalization and punctuation in this text!

is the movie over yet?
from a 402 phone number, Saturday, November 28, 12:51 AM

plz say yes ur home. i want to stop worrying bout u (only cuz i lov u) n go 2 sleep
from a 402 phone number, Saturday, November 28, 1:13 AM

What do we think is going on here? Clingy boyfriend? Neurotic mother?

Other important question: When someone texts that they "lov u," is that real love? Is it more real than "luv"? Does it count as "the L word"?

hey i may be running to best buy and ann cant come out still havent
from a 518 phone number, Friday, November 27, 6:41 PM

still havent heard from lisa but how about i call u in a little while
from a 518 phone number, Friday, November 27, 6:43 PM

Some things we know:

1) 518 may be running to Best Buy
2) Ann can't come out
3) Lisa can maybe come out, but 518 hasn't heard from her yet
4) 518 will call Leila in a little while, like after she has gone to Best Buy, or after Lisa calls

What we don't know:

1) Where are they going out to?
2) Will it be fun there?
3) Am I invited?

It's snowing!
from an 860 phone number, Friday, November 27, 4:27 PM

Heading to kansas city from st louis...listening to a great gospel radio station:)
from an 860 phone number, Sunday, November 29, 10:29 AM

Dinner=shrimp and oyster gumbo...and catfish and crawfish etoufee :)
from an 860 phone number, Tuesday, December 1, 9:41 PM

I can't believe I missed snow! I guess I can go without the great gospel radio station and the shrimp and oyster gumbo, though. I think this Intended Leila and I don't have that much in common.

Also forgot pickles look 4 Them xMas Eve
from a 218 phone number, Friday, November 27, 11:29 SM

Is "find the pickles" a common Christmas Eve game? I have never played before.

werlein Can go px in pm
from an 847 phone number, Thursday, November 26, 9:09 PM

No idea. It is from this person, and I didn't understand what she meant in her last two texts, either, so I guess this is just par for the course.

Boys It is 9 o clock right now
from a 503 phone number, Thursday, November 26, 12:51 AM

Man, that is discipline! Your kids not coming home by curfew? Set them straight with a fiercely worded, minimally punctuated text message!

mom were r the yams
from a 562 phone number, Wednesday, November 25, 1:18 PM

Lemmi! I missed our connection either standby tonite or fl. tomorrow am.
from a 912 phone number, Wednesday, November 25, 5:44 PM

hey, leila... plane landed at 6 and it's been a while. I tried to call. Are you still picking me up?
from a 713 phone number, Wednesday, November 25, 9:08 PM

Happy Thanksgiving Day:.
from a 718 phone number, Thursday, November 26, 8:18 AM

Here is a sampling of what Thanksgiving was like this year for four different friends of Leilas. Missing yams, travel hassles, texts sent at 8:18 in the morning... Can you now understand why I spent last week in a foreign country?

Hey where r u and wats 4 din
Beastmode777
from an 843 phone number, Tuesday, November 24, 7:50 PM

I had always thought the Mark of the Beast was 666, not 777? No?

Two souls but with a single thought two hearts that beat as one ^^
from a 770 phone number, Thursday, November 19, 9:19 PM

All right team, we are back, and we start out with a quote that Google attributes alternately to Keats, Von Munch-Bellinghausen, and others, but which I personally think sounds like lyrics from a Stacey Q song.

I'm going out of the country tomorrow and won't be back for a week. That means NO LEILA TEXTS. Until after THANKSGIVING. I know it's hard, but I think you can manage. Use this Thanksgiving as an opportunity to connect with your family. And if that doesn't work out for you, there are two and a half years of Leila Text archives to keep you busy.

See you all in December!

thouh u may not hear it often. you re loved and appreicated hapi bday
from a 714 phone number, Wednesday, November 18, 7:42 PM

BURN. This feels like an underhanded compliment to me. "You're loved and appreciated... though probably no one ever tells you that..."

are you at foothill? if you are here, you can met me at lab?
from a 408 phone number, Wednesday, November 18, 1:56 PM

I hope Leila meets 408 at the lab, and then he sweeps in and says dramatically, "You may wonder why I asked you to meet me here," and then he reveals some super-secret and life-changing scientific discovery.

leila JUST TEXT ME
from a 408 phone number, Tuesday, November 17, 6:56 PM

NO.

Happy Birthday Baby left u msg @ 836 the best minute in my life.
from a 562 phone number, Tuesday, November 17, 12:04 PM

Maybe this is from Leila's mom, and 8:36 was the time when Leila was born? My mom is very into calling me at the moment when I was born.

werlein Paula me llamo anoche dijo que nadie no le llamo a ella ayer pues no podia ver a todas nosotras!
from an 847 phone number, Monday, November 16, 11:08 AM

werlein How many mints? i have 8 boxes u may have. cost 699 each. nice price
from an 847 phone number, Wednesday, November 18, 8:25 PM

Ahem. Allow me.

"Paula called me last night and said that nobody called her yesterday so she cannot see all of us!"

Make sense now?

As for the Wednesday text: No idea.

We should chhill tommRow
from an 802 phone number, Sunday, November 15, 1:25 AM

Should we, are you sure? Is that really our moral obligation?

I have to go early to see mom. I should be home by 11 30 12 00. I will call u in the morning. Xoxo
from a 301 phone number, Saturday, November 14, 9:54 PM

Where does Mom live, and why isn't Leila going to see her, too? Irresponsible daughter.

Hol.a
from a 949 phone number, Saturday, November 14, 7:28 PM

Well hello there was the movie scary
from a 949 phone number, Saturday, November 14, 9:26 PM

949 just wants to chat. "Hola. Well hello there. I was just texting to... you know... hey."