After lunch my grandma often got really sleepy. But instead of going to her bed take a nap, she'd put the elbows on the table, hold her head between hands, and close her eyes. Sometimes genuinely sleep there. And when my uncles or my mum told her "mum, go sleep on your bed", she'd angrily answer "I'm not sleeping, I'm thinking."
It's the exact same answer that my nephew gives to my sister, when he's napping on the sofa. Kind of weird because, when grandma (his grand-grandma) died he was simply too young to remember her.
And while not a specific word or phrase, the shitty jokes that my mum tells remind me grandpa. He did the same.
"I'm not sleeping, I'm thinking."
After lunch my grandma often got really sleepy. But instead of going to her bed take a nap, she'd put the elbows on the table, hold her head between hands, and close her eyes. Sometimes genuinely sleep there. And when my uncles or my mum told her "mum, go sleep on your bed", she'd angrily answer "I'm not sleeping, I'm thinking."
It's the exact same answer that my nephew gives to my sister, when he's napping on the sofa. Kind of weird because, when grandma (his grand-grandma) died he was simply too young to remember her.
And while not a specific word or phrase, the shitty jokes that my mum tells remind me grandpa. He did the same.