Here's another alternative:
Sub subSleep(strSeconds) ' subSleep(2)
Dim objShell
Dim strCmd
set objShell = CreateObject("wscript.Shell")
'objShell.Run cmdline,1,False
strCmd = "%COMSPEC% /c ping -n " & strSeconds & " 127.0.0.1>nul"
objShell.Run strCmd,0,1
End Sub