Part Deux

I got pretty sick this past week. As always, people at work get the sniffles and I, somehow, get the Black Plague. My mom sends me a morning text message that says the same thing each morning, "How r u?". The first day that I took off, I received her text message but did not answer since I was sleeping most of the morning. Well about 20 minutes later, I receive the exact same text message. I'm actually convinced that she just forwards the same text message when she doesn't receive an answer in an acceptable amount of time...usually about 5 minutes.

Mom: "How r u?"
Me: "I'm home sick"

This prompted her to call me about 3 1/2 seconds later. Although, I said this was only to include text messages - the phone conversation was pretty classic.

On the phone:
Mom: "You're sick?"
Me: "Yeah..I'm sleeping"
Mom: (In a panic) "Oh my god! I have one child that in Wissi, on the other side of the world and my other one is sick! Oh my god, what am I going to do"
Me: "Wissi? He's in Wisconsin"
Mom: "Yeah, it's on the other side of the world! Who even knows about this place?!"
Me: "What are you talking about?? It's a state, people live there. And it's in the middle of the country"
Mom: "I don't know where it is. I've never heard of it"

My brother travels to Wisconsin, or "Wissi", a couple times a year for business and has been there several times before. Apparently, if something is not on the East Coast - it's on the other side of the world. She has done lots of traveling...obviously, not many places in the United States though lol. With her daughter sick in bed and her son on the other side of the world, it made her go a little crazy.

One last note...Am I the only person who receives texts that say "R u sleeping?" and when I don't answer because I am sleeping, I receive a "Hello?" text? I guess so...