My mom came rushing downstairs with Amy hot on her heels. The two of them are laughing so hard that they are having trouble speaking. My mom is laughing so hard that she is crying. I don't know what she's laughing about, but I discovered that Amy is laughing at my mom laughing, not because she understands what my mom is laughing at. This makes it all the funnier.
Confused? So was I. I sat patiently while the two of them tried to clam down enough to speak. Eventually, this transpired:
Mom: Tell Cory what you just said!
Amy: What? What's so funny?
Mom: Just tell him! Oh, hahaha! He has to hear this! Tell him what just happened.
Me: Did it have something to do with the phone call just now? I went to pick it up, but I saw it was the school calling, and I assumed it was just another "A student in your household by the name of *AMY* missed the following periods: *ALL OF THEM*" recordings.
As an aside, I'll add that for the previous month or so, Amy's school has been calling nonstop. I've picked it up a lot, and I imagine they've called a lot more when I haven't been home. Each time is a recording stating that my sister is missing (read: skipping) most of her classes. My mom is aware of this and does nothing. I'm not sure what I find more disappointing, but that's besides the point. What is important is that Amy skips a lot of her classes and we get a lot of recorded phone calls stating this fact.
Mom: Yeah! Se,, that's what I thought it was, so I just immediately put it on speaker phone, so Amy would hear the recording in her room. But then, after a pause, I hear a voice say "Hello?" So I quickly take speaker phone off, and say "Hello." It's not a recording! It's a real person. And they're asking for Amy. So I go give the phone to Amy.
My mom bursts into laughter again at this point and says to Amy: "Tell him! Just tell him!"
Amy: What? I don't know what's funny. You just keep laughing and it makes me laugh.
My mom settles down again and continues her story: So I can only hear Amy's end and it's a lot of "Yeah....mm-hmm....oh......ok......yeah.....I guess......so?......so?.....So what am I supposed to do?....oh, ok....here, just talk to my mom." and she hands me the phone.
Me: Ok, so what was it about? Who was it?
Mom: So I have a slightly confused-sounding woman re-telling me everything she told Amy. She wanted to let Amy know that...
My Mom and sister glance at each other, and Amy bursts out laughing and my mom loses it again, too.
Me: Ok! Just tell me. It better be as funny as you're making it out to be.
Mom (through laughter): AMY GOT A SCHOLARSHIP!
My mom and sister both continue laughing uncontrollably.
Me: No, she didn't.
Mom: She did! Really!
Me: If you guys are trying to trick me, I'll give you a hint: next time at least try not to laugh.
Mom (calming down): No, I'm serious! It was Amy's teacher letting her know she got a scholarship. But Amy gave me the phone to talk to her...
Amy: ..BECAUSE I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT A SCHOLARSHIP IS!
Amy bursts into laughter, not quite understanding why it's extra funny. She thought it was just funny that she didn't know what a scholarship was. She completely missed the irony. This is what my mom (and now I) were laughing at.
It turns out Amy's school was given a handful of Dramatic Arts scholarships for students in the drama classes. Drama is one of the classes Amy enjoys (or at least attends somewhat), and her teacher decided to give one of these scholarships to my sister. My understanding is that half the class got these scholarships, so it really isn't anything special, but Amy will need to take advantage of it, surely. I don't know how much the scholarship is for, or to where, but if it's important, I'll certain it'll lead to more content for this blog.
Also, my mom and I did explain what a scholarship was to my sister. Eventually.
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