Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Hold Still I Have a Flashlight!
So...like I'm not having enough trouble sleeping with the door to our room open so the noisy cats can get in and out. Last night I am finally almost asleep (at 12:30 am) when my dearest husband says "hold still I have a flashlight!" .oO(Ugh, I was holding still...I was almost asleep!!) He repeats "hold still I have a flashlight." I hear him reach around his nightstand and sit up this time. I definitely don't move b/c he has a Surefire flashlight. They're the kind Marines and other soldiers use when kicking in doors or whatever wherever they happen to be and they are blindingly bright. So since I have my sleep mask on (I've been using one lately to make it "darker" in my head so I can sleep better) and I know he has this crazy bright flashlight I definitely don't move for a second or two. Then when I realize he hasn't turned the flashlight on I pull up the sleep mask and ask "are you good now?" He says "yeah, I wasn't sure whether I was really talking or if I was still dreaming." I reply "you definitely told me to hold still you have a flashlight." He lays back down and is sound asleep in minutes. Meanwhile I try to settle back down and sleep. I'm successful until about 3-4am when I wake up b/c fat Zeke (I say that in the most loving way) is sleeping between my feet and I can't move. He won't budge b/c there is a dog in the house. .oO(Guess I didn't need to worry about holding still.) So today I am my typically grumpy Wizzel self after another restless night of sleep. (Wizzel is my husband's nickname for me...in case you didn't know.)
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Hold still I have a flashlight? Is that a southern thing meant to instill the fear of death/dismemberment/blindness by really bright light into someone who might be breaking into your residence/bedroom?
I guess so. He also had weapons within reach and I was afraid that whatever he was "battling" in his dream might be hostile and he might need a weapon. I wasn't moving til I was sure I was safe, LOL.
Oooohhh...fabulously quick thinking on your part about not moving in case whatever he was "battling" was hostile and he might need a weapon! But, don't you think it would be *wonderful* if Mom had a weapon in case she comes upon something hostile????(I can see it now...you're saying "No, Mom...there is ABSOLUTELY NO valid reason for you to have a weapon!!! Hostile intruders or not!" Fine, I'll just have to settle for Maggie being armed with pepper spray.)I don't know how or why it deleted my earlier comment!! Good thing I copied before I told it to post the comment!
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