You know how when you talk to someone who's mostly asleep but slightly awake, sometimes they talk hilarious nonsense? Well they do. I don't know why it happens that way, but it's true.
A couple nights ago, I heard Ruby crying like she does several times every night, and having trained myself to fly out of bed and be a responsible helpful dad, I jumped up, walked around the bed, paused, and it occurred to me that I was going to need something before I went in there.
"Hand me the- ... ... dessert."
Very matter of fact, as if I'd finally put my finger on it. Now that I think about it, I didn't need to take anything with me. I was just confused because I woke up too fast. Reminds me of the time a couple months ago, exact same scenario, wake up to go comfort a kid-
"I need the dynamite."
I don't know what sort of mental mixup that came out of. Sometimes when I say stuff like that, Val just sends me back to bed and takes care of it. At least I tried.
If you have a hilarious sleep-talking story, I'd love to hear it.
Shawn
A couple nights ago, I heard Ruby crying like she does several times every night, and having trained myself to fly out of bed and be a responsible helpful dad, I jumped up, walked around the bed, paused, and it occurred to me that I was going to need something before I went in there.
"Hand me the- ... ... dessert."
Very matter of fact, as if I'd finally put my finger on it. Now that I think about it, I didn't need to take anything with me. I was just confused because I woke up too fast. Reminds me of the time a couple months ago, exact same scenario, wake up to go comfort a kid-
"I need the dynamite."
I don't know what sort of mental mixup that came out of. Sometimes when I say stuff like that, Val just sends me back to bed and takes care of it. At least I tried.
If you have a hilarious sleep-talking story, I'd love to hear it.
Shawn
November 21, 2007 at 7:19 AM
My husband is a notorious sleep walker/talker and when he was a little kid, he sleepwalked downstairs, walked over and peed on the tv!
Once when I was reading in bed while he was sleeping, he suddenly sat up, leaned over and BLEW in my face! I asked him about it the next day, but he didn't remember what he was dreaming - maybe that my nose was on fire!
-Audrey
November 25, 2007 at 4:59 PM
HAHA! I love it! You were gonna go comfort a kid and said, "I need the dynamite." Hilarious. :)
Umm. Once when I spent the night in a hotel room with Jon & Kendra, I was falling asleep, but sorta still talking to Kendra at the same time. According to Kendra, I said to her, "Rendra, Rendra, Barbie needs a haircut." I vaguely remember it!