Sleeping Stories

Sleep is something that has not been around at our house recently. Both Brent and I have had trouble sleeping the past month. However, this past week, we've both slept pretty well. Brent will sometimes talk in his sleep. It's hilarious! If I wake-up and here him, I try to talk back to him, just to see what he will say. A few nights ago, Brent had a nightmare - of sorts - about all the wallpaper we've been taking down. The wallpaper steamer is a metal box with a long hose connected and at the end of the hose is a metal pan. The water is incredibly hot and comes out of pan in the form of steam and sometime water runs out too. Much like an iron.

In the dead of night I hear Brent: "MARIANNE! HELP ME! I'M STUCK! TURN IT OFF!"
I rolled over and tried to find the light, when I turn it on Brent's arm looked as if it were stuck between the bed and the headboard. He was also pulling at our headboard back and forth with his other hand. He woke-up just enough to realize he was okay and turned over and went back to sleep. The next day, I forgot all about this, but he remembered! He was dreaming that the wallpaper steamer was stuck on the wall and he couldn't get it off and the hot water was falling onto his face!

OH! What a laugh!!

Not only does Brent talk in his sleep, he also snores. Sometimes both together! It's not so bad. We have a fan that we sleep with and I usually can't hear him. If I do, i will just poke or nudge him and he turns over and quits snoring. Well one particular night, in Texas, he was snoring pretty loud and when I poked him this is what he said: "if you poke me one more time, I'm gonna punch you in the nose!" I said: "you are mean!" and rolled over. Only about the time I rolled over, I realized he was still asleep when he said it! I told him the next day and he did not remember a thing about it!

It is never a dull moment with Brent around, whether he is awake or not!