Almost every night, our ritual is the same; eat dinner, watch tv/movie, go to bed. Very little changes in that routine, unless, say, I have something to go to, or James has grad school work to complete. Regardless of what else may find its way into the ritual, it always ends the same; James asleep on the couch while I watch tv. Now that we have the new couch, I couldn’t be happier, I love spending time with him, and now, we are on the same piece of furniture, so that just makes the ritual that much more enjoyable.
Like clockwork, when the clock strikes 10:30 (sometimes he lasts til 11), James is either pretty much completely asleep and either snoring, grinding his teeth, or a lovely combination of the two. I usually have to jostle him awake a few times if the noises get too intense to hear the tv (which is easier now that we are on the same couch), but usually, it is cute to see him just laying over there grinding/snoring away, and rustling his feet back and forth; he’s a cute sleeper. But him being a cute sleeper isn’t reason #674, reason #674 has to do with what happens while he is sleeping, or really, what happens just after he has been woken up, in order to be taken to bed. James has this little thing he does, where he talks complete nonsense for a minute; sometimes, it is a little intense, but most times, it is just super-cute. Take last night for example.
Last night, we were watching a movie, and somehow he fell asleep sitting almost completely upright. The best thing about that, was that he wasn’t snoring or grinding his teeth (but he was still jostling his feet). I noticed it, because I didn’t have to constantly wake him up every time the noise got out of control, but being the loving man I am, I still felt the need to jostle him and make sure he was sleeping well. When I did, he launched full force into his “I just woke up silliness”.
Here’s how the *short* conversation went:
Me: “Hello!”
Him: “I am sorry, daddy.” (yes we call each other daddy… we do have a baby (Sydney) after all!)
Me: “What for baby?”
Him: “Snoring.”
Me: “You weren’t snoring, for once.”
Him: “I can’t help it, I have a disassociated sternum.”
Me: “Uh, don’t you mean a deviated septum?”
Him: “That too.” *falls back asleep*
See, that is reason #674 why James is the cutest boyfriend ever.
That is very cute. Erik falls asleep on my butt.
Aw, so cute!
Awww. Michael does the “twitch” when he falls asleep. Thank god there’s no snoring, or at least minimal. It always makes me smile when I see him falling asleep.
And on two side notes: 1, did I get a comment for my good deed? Haha. We need to trade AIM names soon.
2, I’m digging the beige BG more than the blue one!
My buddies wife does a similiar thing… except when she speaks, it’s completley incoherent. They live in NY and I stay with them whenever visit. After a long night of drinking at the bars, we head back to their place for some video games. While my buddy and I are playing, she’ll walk into the room, mumble some stuff while looking right at us, and go to bed. She never remembers it happening and sometimes it can last for several minutes. It freaked me out at first, but now I just go back to playing games and ignore her. It’s fun.
LOL! After reading this, I’m inspired to do a post about some of the hilarious shit Rusty has said while sleeping. Yes, he talks in his sleep; it freaked me out at first, but now each night I secretly hope he’ll wake me up with some funny nonsensical sleep-talk.
That is so cute I almost barfed. Almost.
That was a really cute post. It’s nice to read about why your partner makes you happy, instead of a post bitching how annoying he is. =-)
It’s amazing how loud people with deviated septum’s snore. Joe snores so loudly that it actually rattled loose one of my fillings. Ok, that was an exaggeration.
That is SO much cuter than my old boyfriend who used to SCREAM things in his sleep. Come to think of it he might have had a disassociated sternum. : )
I’m sure James is thrilled to have his sleeping habits splattered all over the blogosphere, but it is really cute.
When Robbie snores I usually just roll over, put a pillow over his face and press really hard. But then again, there was that one time I murdered him.
Everybody has cuteness to share! The boy just sleeps. And twitches his leg. I guess that could be cute. Could be.
My exhusband once punched me in the face while he was sleeping. That wasn’t so cute.
AWE! I’m so jealous of you two… one day I would like what you both have.
In my defense, it was the donkey punch to the head that knocked out his filling, not my snoring.
That is so funny, and cute! Why can’t I have a cute boyfriend like the two of you!
I want a girl that gives as much of a shit as you do, Mister Gay.
Disassociated sternum? Does the APA classify that as a mental or physical defect?
That’s freaking adorable!
disassociated sternum sounds painful!
Hmmmmmmmm I must have a disassociated sternum too.
That’s sweet.