So Why Are You So Chipper?

You know those people who just LOVE to share bad news? Like, you never hear from them unless they've got some tragedy (usually someone else's) to tell you about, and they always sound so farookin' cheerful when they're telling you. My mother is one of those people. Here's the phone message I just had from her:
"Hi, Jen - it's Mom. Mr. F died."
No preliminaries, no warning, just boom. The father of people you grew up with (they were our next door neighbors - back when people actually knew & spent time with their neighbors) is dead. She went on to say he'd had a stroke some time back, and this and that, laid out the wake/funeral plans (I live 2000 away, people), then talked about her shopping plans for the condo she's moving into, etc. until the answering machine timed her out.
And the whole time, she just sounded so tickled. Sweet Jesus!
You know, my Aunt (who she never liked much) is in Hospice care right now. (My sister told me). If my mother is the one to call me to tell me when she dies, the conversation might just get ugly.