Thursday, August 09, 2007

Boo!


Did I mention that I went to a girl's night in a few weeks ago? It was organised by the local NCT coffee group, of about 8-10 young mothers in the area. It was really great to get out of the house and laugh and drink (not that I drink, but you know what I mean) and have conversations that don't necessarily revolve around our children. One of the topics that came up were weird sleeping habits. Here's my confession: I'm kind of an odd sleeper. I have to say that I must be Queen of the weird sleeping habits, because I have done it all. I grind my teeth, I talk in my sleep, I move around, I even sleepwalk.


Anyway, at this girl's night in the other day, I told this story about an incident that happened a few years ago, which isn't as funny sadly, as when it's told in person. It was before Elliot was born and we were still living in our poky 2-bed terraced house. It was the middle of the night, and I somehow managed to walk in my sleep out of the bedroom, and halfway down the stairs. We have a house alarm, and halfway down the stairs is where I tripped the alarm. I instantly woke up and thought 'where the hell am I?' I start climbing up the stairs, still slightly confused. In the meantime, N has woken up, rolled out of bed and is keying in the code for the alarm. He hadn't noticed that I wasn't in bed. The bedroom door was mostly shut, and I had to push a little to get it open. N said later, that I burst into the room, pale as a sheet and he said the first thing he thought was that I was a ghost! Oh, poor man.


I think N has the most fun when I talk in my sleep. If I just mumbled something incoherent while still lying in bed with my eyes shut, it would be one thing, but I don't. I usually open my eyes, sit up, and say something ridiculous, do everything in appearance like I am awake, when in fact I am not. Not fully anyway. Two days ago was such a night. I'd been asleep for awhile after spending almost an hour reading a book I'd really gotten into when N came into the room. I sat up a little and said to him:


'It feels like there's a comic book starting around your feet.'

'What?' (he likes to write down the things I tell him, so I can hear about it the next morning)

'It feels like there's a comic book starting around your feet.'

'You're not awake,' he says, at which point I actually AM awake, but have no recollection of why I've just said that.

8 comments:

  1. those are hilarious stories! i don't walk or grind the teeth, but I am a talker.

    One night, I said "what are you doing?" and it woke David up, so he said "sleeping, what are you doing?" and I didn't reply. Probably because I was sleeping.

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  2. Ha! How funny! I am glad that you tumble down the stairs in your nightwalk. Have you ever left the house and do you still walk in your sleep?

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  3. Oh dear! I never knew that about you, i can't imagine sleepwalking bu I can imagine how freak N must have been!

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  4. I never knew that.. Of course I'm a sound sleeper, but Damon says I act like I'm awake when I'm sleeping. I'll have an arm around him and he'll need to move or something, and he says I lift up my arm wait for him to reajust and then put my arm back around him. Or I will hand him the blankets when he is reaching for them..

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  5. I mumble sometimes, but I'm not sure it's ever really a clear sentence.

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  6. Okay of course you know I meant I am glad that you didn't tumble down the stairs. Need to learn to proofread before submitting

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  7. I knew what you meant, Atasha :) And to answer your questions - no, I've never left the house and no, I haven't sleepwalked since that incident. I regularly sleepwalked as a child though, and my father has said before that back then, he wouldn't go to sleep until I'd walked out to the living room to him when I was asleep and he'd send me back to my bed.

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  8. Ok good see how long it took me to proof read :-)
    My gosh, that is so scary. I'd do the same if it were my child. I'm glad it doesn't happen anymore.

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