>>SLEEP TALKING

Curtis and I both talk in our sleep all the time. When we first got married, I would wake up every single night to Curtis talking in his sleep. Now I am just use to it and sleep right through it. Except for sometimes I wake up to Curtis laughing in his sleep. It is so funny. I usually wake up in a panic thinking he is crying, but then I realize he is laughing and I can't help but laugh too.

Curtis usually falls a sleep before me, so that is when I hear most of his talking. The other night he said to me, "Have you ever slept with a Japanese man?" "Um, no," I said laughing. Then he awakened by my laughter, rolled over and said, "I don't know what I'm talking about."

Last semester, Curtis had to go to some conference in Cheyenne and stay overnight in a hotel with one of his classmates. The next morning, his classmate asked, "so, uhh, do you talk in your sleep?" I can just picture his classmate being confused when he woke up to Curtis talking. They aren't the closest of friends, so it was probably a bit awkward.

Sometimes I walk in my sleep. Awhile back, I fell asleep on the couch. Curtis was working on some project at the kitchen table. I got up off the couch, walked over to Curtis and said, "did everyone go home?" "Who," he asked. I just stared at him blankly. "Are you asleep?" he asked. Then I 'woke up' and realized what I had done. We both just started laughing.

Another time, I was asleep in bed and Curtis came in to talk to me. He was standing on the side of the bed and asked me something. I opened my eyes, leaned over to him, grabbed my book that was next to me and held it up to his face. He said something like, "what are you doing?" I then held the book even closer to his face and opened my eyes wider (like I was annoyed). He started laughing, which 'woke me up' and I was confused as to why I was holding my book up to his face. We both started laughing.

I love sleep talking and sleep walking. It is such a funny thing. I wonder why we do it. It just makes me laugh to think about what kinds of things go on in our heads while we sleep.

I wish I could remember more specific things that we have done and said in our sleep, because there have been a lot. All the time Curtis will say something funny in his sleep and I think to myself, "ok, now I have to remember this so I can tell him in the morning," but then I always forget. I know he said something funny, I just can't remember what it was. I'll have to put a notebook and pencil under my pillow so I can write it down.

I wonder what it is like when both of us are truly asleep and can't hear each other talking. Maybe the two of us just go on and on all night? I should set up a tape recorder.

These are just some of the joys of being married. Sleep talking to each other. Isn't life grand?