I have an odd tendency to be very active sleeper. I toss and turn, I talk, I occassionally sit bolt upright. My wife is normally very tolerant for these kinds of actions (Hey, I’m asleep, it’s not my fault!) Sometimes they are downright funny. Last week, my wife came to bed late, after I had fallen asleep. I was on her side of the bed, so she nudges me and tells me to “skootch over.” My response was to say “Oh, I’m your skootchy buddie” and laugh out loud like it was the funniest thing ever. I then roll over, continue to sleep, mumbling about “skootchy buddies”. I don’t remember it at all, or what the hell a skootchy buddy is or why it would be so funny.
However, after last night, I fear it may not be so harmless. My wife was rudely and violently awoken at about 3:30 in the morning by me kneeling next to her in bed. My left hand had a grip on her shoulder, and my right had was clenching her, ummm, err, buttocks. My thumb was positioned, not quite in, but uncomfortably close to, ummm, errrr, how do I say it, her… Well, I think you get the picture. She of course awakens and yells at me “What the $&(*@ are you doing?” When she gets no response, she pushes me away, which wakes me up.
It ends up I was having a very, very, bad nightmare, and, in my head, I was grabbing for my 11 mo. old little girl. After calming down a bit, we were both able to laugh at the incident. At least I think she was laughing, although I think I heard her say something like “just wait till you fall asleep tomorrow night.”
Needless to say, I need a nap.
