One Way to Wake Up
This morning, as per usual, I had a hard time getting out of bed.
I slipped in and out of consciousness, vaguely aware of Jeff eventually getting out of bed, hopping in the shower, and getting dressed. He poked fun at my laziness (again, as per usual), and I dozed off again when he left the room. The next thing I was aware of was the sound of the front door slamming closed as he left for the day, usually my signal to wake the hell up already.
Then I felt something move by my foot.
I poked at it, sure I’d just imagined it, or the blankets were shifting or something.
It moved again, clearly on its own this time. I LEAPED out of bed (naked) with a yelp, wondering if Jeff had gone too far down the hallway to hear me or if I was going to have to run (naked) after him to get help removing this rat or whatever from our bed.
Then I heard the alarm going off. “What?” Jeff asked sleepily from his side of the bed, where I’d just poked his foot and then jumped up screaming.
Damn. Usually when I dream about getting up and leaving for work, I dream about ME getting up and leaving, not Jeff…
You left out the part about going back to sleep.
Comment by Jeff — 11/28/2006 @ 11:06 am
That’s awesome! Hilarious. At least you didn’t try to beat it to death.
Comment by Jen Yu — 11/28/2006 @ 11:18 am
ROTFLMAO….OMG, thank you for that story, it makes getting up easier today! If that would have been Barrie, I would be wearing a cast…he used to sleep walk as a kid, and has been known to swing at me in his sleep…..Still, very funny. Thanks for making my day.
Comment by Cookie — 11/29/2006 @ 3:41 am
Waaaaahhhahahahahaha…
Sorry…. but that is really funny!
Jen’s comment reminds me of the time that I woke up in the middle of the night to Dan standing over the bed and beating the quilt over my legs. I asked him what the bleep he was doing and he responded, “Sweetie, watch out! I’m killing the snakes!!”. Seriously… I sympathize with Jeff, it’s interesting living with a sleepwalker/talker!!
Comment by Sam — 11/29/2006 @ 6:39 pm
The picture adds to the story very nicely.
Comment by Sarah — 11/30/2006 @ 12:19 pm
Hi-larious! I wonder why your dream-subconscious made it a rat and not a cat or something…
Comment by Mir — 12/3/2006 @ 12:30 pm