I have been more than happy that Brandon’s home from Iraq. He was able to take 30 days leave before officially returning to work yesterday. We were able to get some things done, relax, and most importantly: we didn’t have to communicate via the internet.
There is ONE thing however that I have not enjoyed since he’s been home.
SNORING!
And yes, I would much rather have him home and deal with it than have him deployed any day.
But!
When I’m in a dead asleep and awoken to sounds that make me think the walls are coming down around me or jack-hammers are being used in our bed? Not so much!
It wouldn’t be so bad if I could just nudge him a bit making him roll over or stop.
But no!
The man sleeps right through it!
That’s what puzzles me even more:
How can HE sleep through something that wakes me up out of a deep ‘Channing Tatum was about to propose dream!
How dare he right?
We’ll forget the fact he wasn’t there to tell him I’m already taken 😉
He slept like a baby… (and sounded like a beaver building his home)
This morning, after I hit the snooze button eleventy million times, he comes in the room all chipper to tell me its 7 am.
Whatever dude, you’re so getting the pillow tonight if you interrupt Channing again wake me up!
So I got up, made my cup of coffee and stumbled back to the table to tell him he has to have some sort of super sleeping powers.
He slept through JACK-HAMMERS!
His response: “you have ear plugs”
He obviously didn’t get the message that Mom’s aren’t supposed to sleep with ear plugs. We’d never hear if someone was up in the middle of the night sick, or if Michael Myers had escaped (once again) and was standing in our kitchen. Just the mental picture of that just gave me the willies! Why do I scare myself like that?
Ear plugs? …….I wish!
Anyway, my point is: I will never have a good night’s sleep regardless. When he’s gone, I can’t sleep through the night either.
But! (again with the ‘buts’)
When he’s home I would think that I could at least have one night of peaceful sleep, just knowing he’s home safe.
OR, that he could deal with Michael Myers if he was in the kitchen.
I guess, since I know that will never happen I’ll just go brush up on my ninja skills and sharpen my samurai sword.
And, I’ll deal with the fact that I will never make it down the aisle to Channing, even if it is only in my dreams.
Unless Brandon can learn to snore the wedding march 😉
So what keeps you up at night? Snoring husband, kids, the dog? Maybe thoughts of Michael Myers, too?
What do or did you do to solve this? Besides shoving cotton balls up your husband’s nose and covering his face with a pillow? Not that I’ve ever thought of that by the way 😉
featured pic of Channing was found at fanpop.com
Well since my husband has been home I can’t seem to stay awake! When he was gone I found myself up doing stuff around the house until early hours in the morning. NOW I am ready for bed at 7pm. I just can’t stay awake and apparently I have been snoring LOL! Not like a man but eeeewwww. My mom says I am catching up on my sleep! I have been having the best rest ever! Not rubbing it in Brandi! I think my body is just getting ready for another possible round of poor sleep! :/
oh I slept like a baby the first week or so, but now? nope! I’m sure I snored a few nights too, but never like a man, you’re right…eeeewwww!
And honestly, I guess he’s probably catching up on his sleep now that he’s not being woke up to… ya know(?)
And by 7pm around here, I’m just starting t wake up and not want a nap 😉
I’m hoping that you nor I have to deal with another round of poor sleep anytime soon because they’re gone.
Hugs! and thanks for stopping by!
Love the post. My hubs has his snoring moments. I’m a bad wife because I will plop a pillow over his head to make him stop. I hope you enjoy him while he is home and me and my family appreciates his call of duty to this country
LOL!! pillows are great aren’t they?
And thank you, hopefully he’s home for a while this time since the draw-down.
Thanks for stopping by Cyndie and I’m glad you enjoyed the post 🙂
For the record, I have never heard myself nor been provided proof of these accusations. Ahem.
um, that’s kind of the point I was trying to make when I said…”how can it wake me up, and him sleep through it?” LOL
and we have a recorder Mister, don’t make me use it 😉
My sister and I were laughing about this today. She’s been married forever and told her husband if only their son would move out, she could take his room and that way she and her husband could both sleep. She was shocked to find out that he thought that was a terrible idea, seeing as how he complains about her snoring as much as she does his. As someone who has heard them both it’s a wonder either of them still has hearing!
Bridget we’ve joked about separate bedrooms before too 😉 I know neither one of use would ever let it get that far though.
(p.s. I’ve been accused of snoring a time or two myself, LOL)
Nearly every soldier I’ve talked to or know has come home from deployment with sleep apnea including my husband (who forgets to breathe and then chokes, waking himself up) and my brother-in-law (who snores like your husband). Sounds like yours has it too with the horrible snoring. He needs to go to sick call, ask for a sleep study & see if he can get a CPAP. It will help his snoring & improve his sleep. Hope this helps!
Hi Tara,
we’ve heard of a lot of them being diagnosed with it too, but not just when they come back, also before they leave, some even being deemed un-deployable because of it. His really isn’t that bad, I think it’s more that I get used to a quiet bedroom when he’s gone and then when he comes home any little noise wakes me 😉 He’s been gone more than home in the past 11 years, so it’ll be a while before I get used to having him home all the time again.
Thanks for the suggestions though, and if it gets worse trust me I’ll be calling to make him the appointment myself, LOL 😉
LOL – this cracked me up 🙂 currently the only thing keeping me up at night is the baby using my bladder as a trampoline… well, that and the toddler who likes to wake up needing help blowing her nose sometime around 2am EVERY.SINGLE.NIGHT. oh – and the pregnancy insomnia – which usually comes after one of the previously mentioned events occur. my husband will soon (as in, in 9 days) be going to day shift, after almost 7 years of night shift… sharing the bed and HIS snoring will surely add to my lack of sleep, but oh well. I’m looking forward to having him home in the evenings, and available to help with bedtime (especially once the baby arrives!!) and IF he gets bumped to 8hr shifts Mon-Fri, having every weekend off… if not, I’ll still enjoy his every other weekend off… even if I do have to start worrying about him being on a motorcycle instead of in a patrol car all day ever day 😉 it’s all part of the job (of being a cop’s wife!!)
Channing Tatum though?? YUM.
Rusti, I remember those nights very well, and don’t envy you a bit 😉
I hope everything starts going a lot smoother after he goes on days, and his snoring doesn’t keep you up at night. I bet that is going to be a big adjustment after 7 years.
And Motorcycle? …YIKES!! I’ll say an extra prayer for him!
How much longer til the new little one arrives?
And YES…YUM!!!! Channing and Chris Evans(but only as Captain America) = Double Yum 😉
Hugs, and thanks for stopping by, it’s been too long!
My ex was that way. Oy it sucked! I’d go to bed before him just so I could be asleep before the ruckus started. NOW, I am on a medication that is taken in the evening with a meal or milk. It causes dry mouth and it is a diuretic. Let’s put that into perspective shall we? 90 minutes after dinner I start to become ravenously thirsty and suck down water like it’s going out of style. Then I go to bed and the diuretic kicks in ON TOP of the 16 liters of water I just drank. I swear I get up 6 or 7 times a night. THEN, I’m asleep, I don’t have to pee, and I hear a tiny wine of a small dog who has to poop – POOP at 3:45 am. Joe hears none of that.
THAT’S why I don’t sleep at night and THAT’S why I fall asleep during reruns of Big Bang Theory at 8 pm.
Oh Kim, that sounds like more like a nightmare! I don’t think I’d ever get any sleep, or like you be out of it by 8 😉
And what is it with the dogs needing to ‘go’ in the middle of the night? I swear ours thinks she has to go all the time too. She stayed with my parents for about 6 months and my Dad got the brilliant idea of giving her a beggin’ strip every time she pooped! So, now she dances around when she comes back in waiting for her treat! She was also allowed to sleep in their bed, which is a no-no in our house, unless she sneaks upstairs with Lexie 😉 Sometimes I think the dogs are worse than the kids, LOL!
I hope you get some decent sleep soon 🙂