do u hav sayeedahs #. If u do please send it 2 me
im delightful
from an 845 phone number, Wednesday, September 7, 5:02 PM EST

Are you really delightful? How do you know? Just because your mom told you?

U an hidie have fun an sorry for all that dromma i put in your an hidies life plz tell her i said that :)guhh plzz :)
from a 706 phone number, Tuesday, September 6, 3:43 PM EST

I need to know more about this drama you put into Leila and Heidi's life, please, 706. I am very interested, and I swear I am a good listener. I won't interrupt you at all except to say things like, "No way!" and, "That is so much drama!"

Please send caroline home, thank you :)
from a 559 phone number, Monday, September 5, 10:16 PM EST

This playdate has gone on for long enough!

Lails!!! where r u?!?!
from a 951 phone number, Monday, September 5, 4:46 PM EST

At 4:46 PM on Monday, I was at work. That's not really worth all the exclamation points and interrobangs.

How do i pack everything 4 skool
HAGS!
from a 973 phone number, Sunday, September 4, 9:50 PM EST

In an enormous, dorky-looking backpack. The same way 13 year olds have been packing everything for skool for generations.

Hi darlin reminder u r late on insurance please get caught up love ya
from a 636 phone number, Sunday, September 4, 12:30 PM EST

Translation: "I think you are a deadbeat, but I don't want you to get mad at me for calling you out on it."

I can swing it! just remember to book any spa treatments early! it is a gorgeous place! im psyched! Did leila book it i dont have her # with me
from a 617 phone number, Thursday, September 1, 5:11 PM EST

Did you know there is a place in New York called Spa Castle? I think this is hilarious. I doubt that's where Leila and 617 were going, since 617 is a Boston area code. But they don't have Spa Castle in Boston, so that is not as interesting to me.

Ok headed home in a few didnt know she was turning in a bazzillion cans & grocery shnp too
from a 541 phone number, Wednesday, August 31, 3:53 PM EST

Did she make money off of them? If you got five cents per returned Coke can, how much money would you make off a bazzillion cans? Yes, this is a word problem.

I am cold seventy percent of the time
from a 707 phone number, Sunday, September 4, 4:12 PM EST

707 should team up with 310, and they can talk about being cold together.

is chanelle at the uh game? we saw someone on tv ,looks just like her
from an 808 phone number, Saturday, September 3, 11:54 PM EST

Ah, college sports. Back in season. Being televised and whatnot. I just wonder what "UH" is. University of...?

Also, as an aside: I did many extracurriculars in college. Debate. Scavenger Hunt. Writing for the newspaper. Improv Comedy. You should know that none of these were ever televised.

U r so beutiful
from a 323 phone number, Friday, September 2, 11:19 PM EST

After some deliberation, I have decided to take this as a compliment, even though it's not comprised 100% of words.

I just INHALED every single donut hole. Thanx and THANKS A LOT!! : )
from an 818 phone number, Wednesday, August 31, 4:03 PM EST

This text message is making me hungry.

do we have to wear our ambassador uniforms tommor I AM THE O IN OMG :D
from a 760 phone number, Tuesday, August 30, 7:32 PM EST

At my high school, tour guides were called 'ambassadors.' Perhaps Leila and 760 are school tour guides.

However, at my school, we did NOT have special tour guide uniforms. We just had, like, a button.

Can i have chris grays number?!
from an 805 phone number, Tuesday, August 30, 6:30 PM EST

This puts Leila in a tricky position, because, see, Leila also has a crush on Chris Gray. If she gives 805 his number, then 805 will start up her own rapport with Chris, and perhaps he will ultimately grow to like 805 better than Leila. Maybe he will choose to take 805 to the dance. Maybe he will become 805's boyfriend! All because Leila told 805 what Chris's phone number was. But what excuse can she give for not sharing Chris's number with 805? "Can i have chris grays number?!" "No." You can't do that.

Like I said: a tricky position.

Let me kbow if u got ur phone with u...
from a 919 phone number, Monday, August 29, 12:11 PM EST

Call me on blue phone plz
from an 805 phone number, Tuesday, August 30, 12:14 AM EST

Oh my gosh valentin wont stop with the phones-are-useless thing
from a 920 phone number, Tuesday, August 30, 4:38 PM EST

There has been a lot of talk about phones this week. It is so meta to use phones as a medium for discussing phones.

Life in middle school suck
from a 262 phone number, Wednesday, August 31, 2:59 PM EST

That is really, really true.

warm enough? or do i need to bring you a blankie?
from a 310 phone number, Saturday, September 3, 1:50 PM EST

and drinking hot coffee our our new caraffe. lets late lunch
from a 310 phone number, Saturday, September 3, 2:24 PM EST

"Warm enough"? "Hot coffee"? 310 obviously does not live near me. I am locked in my air conditioned bedroom right now, and the only thing I want to drink is ice-cold smoothies.

Thanks for the pict. Happy B-day to Sam. Hope he got card. Margaret did have mild stroke but recovering well. Love .
from a 765 phone number, Saturday, August 27, 7:25 PM EST

Hey. Can u call at somept? My dad died just now.
from a 608 phone number, Sunday, August 28, 9:04 PM EST

Messages like these are the downside of receiving the Leila Texts.

Irene update lost our power and phones an hour ago. Please send storm updates to my cell Thanks Cathy
from a 973 phone number, Sunday, August 28, 8:09 AM EST

All is good so far. Still have power. Any wind damage by you?
from a 631 phone number, Sunday, August 28, 9:26 AM EST

I hope that you all weathered the storm equally well. I spent most of the past two days holed up with a few pints of ice cream, hoping the electricity would go out so that I would be forced to eat them before they melted. When that didn't happen, I just ate them, anyway. Also I helped make a Hurricane Irene-themed collaborative Spotify playlist. I know the hurricane is like so passe now, but you can still go listen to it and add your own thematic songs, if you want.

Moriah and franzi were thee only people who came swimming and moriah totally does have a jesus tramp stamp!!! it says"to live with christ, to die in gain"
from a 401 phone number, Sunday, August 28, 4:25 PM EST

I have nothing against Jesus tattoos, or tramp stamps. But a tramp stamp ABOUT Jesus? Seriously, Moriah?