email from my seestor

My mother - much like me - (the nut doesn't fall far from the tree right?) is experiencing some slight hearing issues right now... And while I feel that I often "hear" something that was actually more interesting than what was really said and I then find it amusing when I realize that I have once again misheard and reinterpreted something - My mother, on the other hand, is experiencing some justifiable frustration with this "problem" especially when she talks to my sister over the phone... (see email below from sis)

"...Hola seestor!
I was reading your blog [ostameaners post] and it reminded me of a phone conversation I had with our mom a few days ago. She called me up to ask me what I was watching on TV.
I said "Wife swap".
She said "I slop?" and for some reason I got the giggles,
I said "no... wife swap".
She said "I sleep?" I was trying very hard not to laugh, but I couldn't help it.
I said "NO!...WIFE SWAP!"
She started to sound frustrated...and said "WHAT? I SLEEP?"
OK.. By now I can't stop laughing... (I was actually lying in bed and had to get up to catch my breath and do the dance of many pigs, because I thought I was going to pee on myself from laughing so hard.)
I could hear her mumbling on the phone "I don't know what your saying"...which was making me laugh even more.
Finally I was able to compose myself to spell it out to her and she finally said "OH...WIFE SWAP!".

MAN! Today she called me and asked me "what are you watching?" I said "Pimp my ride" She said "I'm not even going there..."

(Thought you could use a laugh.)
Shirl..."