I often joke about the fact that I sleep fully clothed, with a heating blanket and huge duvet - while my husband sleeps beside me in the buff, the sheet draped over slightly and the fan blasting cold air right on him. I joke about this because that scenario describes our entire relationship. You will not find two people more opposite.
I am scatter-brained - he is OCD. I keep everything - he goes on weekly clean sweeps and tries to fill as many garbage bags as he can. I think that as long as it's in a cupboard or closet and can't be seen it doesn't need to be neat - he organizes the kitchen cupboards every time he puts groceries away. I am very emotional and rely on my feelings - he relies on logic and rarely gets his feeling hurt. That's right - feeling. No "s" because we have come to the conclusion that he only has one.
He sleeps like a log. I don't sleep.
I was blessed with a baby who is a very good night sleeper. He went to bed last night at 5:45 - and didn't get up to eat until 5:30 this morning. I was up staring at the ceiling, mind racing until close to midnight. It's frustrating and ironically tiring. Especially when I have a husband who could be in the middle of the conversation with me and be snoring before he finishes the sentence. Some times, I will kick him in his sleep or nudge him a little too violently because I am pissed that he is snoring and my eyes won't even shut.
He doesn't remember.
In fact, sometimes he responds with a gentle caress back and 'love you too, babe'. Yeah, that's exactly how I intended that elbow to the ribs to be interpreted, babe.
Tim is just as deep of a sleeper. They both talk in their sleep and are capable of having an entire conversation while sleeping and have no recollection of it. And I can see Cameron seems to be going down that same path. Can't wait until they are teenagers and now it takes me an hour to wake them up - just like it takes me every morning with Garnet.
I was expressing my frustration over not sleeping to Garnet last night. And he decides to give me some pointers on how I just need to shut my mind off. I need to make it go blank and just rest and close my eyes.
"Really? Seriously? We're going to go there? You -- who can't last 5 seconds after your head hits the pillow -- are going to give me advice on how to deal with a sleeping problem?"
He didn't hear me. He was already snoring.
5 comments:
i randomly decided to check your blog today and see that you are writing again, recently. and that you have a new baby! congratulations! I hope you keep writing and post some pictures of your boys! :)
lol Jess
It is so annoying how easily men can get off to sleep. Gav is exactly the same. I wish he had a little of the OCD though. Can you get Garnet to give him some tips? (without falling asleep in the process of course :P) hehe
Keep up the writing. I am really enjoying reading your blog.
his feeling. LOL.
kurt and i are weird. there are so many ways that we are exactly the same, but a few things have literally made me say to him "what the hell is WRONG with you!?!?".
it's good to celebrate the differences!
Kelly! So great to hear from you! I also checked out your blog the other day - you look great! Congrats on fitting back into your wedding dress - very inspiring to me since I'm trying to lose the baby weight (again)...
Thanks Shev - it feels good to be back into blogging again ;)
And believe me it's great to have organized cupboards but you wouldn't want all the other antics that go along with it ;)
Michelle, our whole marriage is celebrating the differences ;) I think we balance eachother out nicely -- neither one of us would survive with someone that had the same qualities. Opposites do attract!
I literally laughed out loud at this post. Cause I can see some of these things being similar in my future marriage. Especially the neat freak part. As my husband to be is EXTREMLY neat. :)
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