Morning Pill Routine

(A sample of pretty much every morning...)

8.00am - Time for dad's pills. Ugh... I don't feel like calling him yet.
8.10am - Wonder if dad has taken his 8am pills yet. Am I ready to call him yet? I'll live in ignorant bliss a while longer...
8.20am -OK... better call him..
Ring, ring, ring, ring (Is he going to answer or do I have to call back? And then it goes straight to voicemail because he picked up too late. Then I have to count to 20 in my head and hope that he hung up in the meantime so that I can get through.)

"Hello?"
"Good morning. How are you?"
"Fine thanks."
"Have you taken your 8am pills yet?"
"Which ones are those?"
"The 8am pills on the bottom shelf that you've been taking for the past seven and a half years."
"Oh, those ones. Well, I'd better have taken them, shouldn't I?"
"Uh, yes dad."
(Phone goes down on the counter, sound of water running, so clattering around. Noises of phone being picked up...)
"Well, cross those off your list," he says when he comes back to the phone.
"You swallowed them?"
"Yep, down the hatch."
"Have you had breakfast yet?"
"Was thinking about that when you called."
"Well, you'd better go have something to eat. Can I go now?"
"If you want."
"Ok... have a good day. Remember, the nurse will be there at noon."