It was a sleepless night in our house last night.

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Thanks to my son, we didn't get a whole lot of sleep last night. For those of you who don't know, my children are grown - in their 20's, and so are some of their cousins. Around 1:45am the phone rang. It was my nephew, asking if I knew that my son was in the hospital??? First of all I had to wake up, then I went downstairs and lo and behold my son was sound asleep in his bed. My nephew said that his brother had called or messaged him (I don't remember which) to tell him that my son was in the hospital. Well, I assured my nephew that he wasn't. Then I figured, the bars are about to close, so maybe he had been out drinking and was just pretty confused. He said he was at home though. He said he was going to call his brother back and find out what he meant. Their sisters name is similar to my son, I started thinking maybe it was her? So now, I can't go back to sleep, wondering who's in the hospital. About a half hour later, my sister calls because she wanted to know why my son was in the hospital. Her son called her - the same one that called me - letting her know that her other son said my son was in the hospital because of an accident. I told her I had no clue, so she said she was going to call the other son and find out what the deal was. In the meantime, I go downstairs and check AGAIN, just to make sure he's ok. He's breathing and looked ok. I didn't want to wake him, I figure why should we all be awake?? I checked his car, it's ok... After a while I did get back to sleep, but I kept the phone close by in case my sister called me back - or one of my nephews. Well, this morning, as my son's leaving for work I ask why his cousin would think that he was in the hospital last night. His response - "Oh, I was joking with him before I went to bed and told him that - I thought he knew I was joking." ARGH!!!! I called to tell my sister and she had to cut the call short because she slept through her alarm and was late for work. Guess what my son said "Sorry, I wont do that again." I should have woken him up in the first place! Kids - gotta love 'em, I think it's in the contract!