Late yesterday afternoon I got a call from a WI number. It didn't show a name but I answered right away. The voice on the other end was my mom's and she was surprised how quickly I picked up. I told her I was excited to get a call from WI. She went on to say that she had a problem...this made me nervous. What kind of problem did Mom have to tell me about???
I asked her if I could help and she said I might be able to. She said, with dramatic pauses, "I fell...(I caught my breath) asleep during Jeopardy! last night and missed Final." Whew!! Yes, I can help you out, Mom. What a relief to just simply look up the final Jeopardy! answer and question for her. While I was researching it she told me how she fought sleep to watch to the end, especially since she had to stay up until 10 pm for it to come on, due to women's soccer pre-empting regular viewing. Often she falls asleep in her chair right after 8 so staying up to watch "Jeppy" after 10 is a job! This is a re-run, mind you, but she does not care.
The catagory was Novel Characters and the answer was something like 'this lawyer was named in a 1960 novel after a famous and wise Roman'. The question was "Who is Atticus Finch" but Mom didn't get it. But she was so so happy to have the final in order to not lose sleep over it. She is so darn funny when it comes to Jeopardy!!! But she did give me a start, that's for sure. I still don't know why her name didn't come up with the phone number, identifying her as the caller. I'll have to check that out.
Today while I was dining at Chili's with my church friends and Justin, I got a message from my Facebook friend, Judy. She lives half the year in FL and other half in my hometown. We are Facebook friends, met on the Manitowoc site. Anyway, she messaged me that she was eating at Fork and Knife and discovered that my mom, sister, and Linda were seated at the next table. She thought she heard my name mentioned and recognized my mom from my blog, so went over to introduce herself. She said, "You must be Kim's mom..." Oh, how my family loves to hear that all the time. Linda is friends with Judy, too, via FB so Judy wrote, "I have met all your family now expect you!" She has also met Jill at the ice cream parlor. Love this!!
