Not Being Able To Sleep - Annoying, But NOT An Emergency

The other night I was abruptly awakened by the ringing of my cell phone at 1:50 a.m. in the morning.  I immediately jumped out of bed and rushed to answer my phone, thinking that it must be an emergency of some sort.  I mean, who calls at 1:50 in the morning unless it's an emergency.  I have already had a discussion with the Boy on what constitutes an emergency and why never to call me after midnight unless it is truly an emergency or he's having a meltdown of some sort, which is considered an emergency.

When I see that it is indeed the Boy calling me from college I immediately become concerned as I answer the phone.  I know the Boy isn't calling me for no reason.  There must be an emergency.  I answer the phone more than a little panicked.

Me:  Hey!  Is everything okay??  What's wrong??

The Boy:  Hey.

Me: It's 2 a.m.  Is something wrong?

The Boy:  Well, yes.  There's something wrong.

Me:  Oh no!  What happened?

The Boy:  Nothing.

Me:  Well, what's wrong then?

The Boy:  I can't sleep.  That's what's wrong.

Me:  It's 2 a.m.  I wasn't having any problem sleeping until now.  While there a many things that are considered an emergency, not being able to sleep is NOT an emergency.   Take some Melatonin.

The Boy:  I don't have any.

Then I'm on the phone with him for another 45 minutes, just chatting, like it's 2 in the afternoon instead of 2 in the morning.

First thing on my To Do list - send the Boy some Melatonin!