Sleep Talking Jay

Yes. Before any of you ask, I spoke with Jay, my sweetest, before writing this. A lot of mornings usually start with this:

Me: Do you remember what you were dreaming about last night?
Jay: Oh boy. What did I say?

And then the conversation continues. Before I get going into some of Jay's ramblings, have any of you ever see the website Sleep Talkin' Man? You can check it out here. It's really very funny & my friend Heather showed it to me a while ago. I shared it with Jay & of course he thinks it's funny too.

I didn't get to ask Jay about what he was dreaming about last night, I was extra sleepy plus it was dark & pouring rain & being under my covers was more important. Plus, I don't remember much of what he said. Sometimes he just mumbles about things.

I've learned to watch how I respond to him. Jay has this very weird way of being coherent. I can get up, go to the bathroom, turn lights on, feed Hailey & the boy, record Jay snoring (to prove in fact, he does snore), play on my phone, yell at Hailey to stop scratching & Jay isn't disturbed at all. As in, he doesn't hear/see/feel any of it. But.....if I whisper, barely audible, asking him to roll over he hears me, will tell me ok on occasion & roll over. Weird & very funny.

Sometimes Jay talks in the middle of the night, sometimes it's as he's waking up. There have been too many times as he's saying something as he's waking up where I say: "What?!?!" and Jay realizes he's said "something" & will tell me never mind.

So, without further delay, let me share some of Jay's ramblings with you!!!

I have two very vivid memories of his waking "rambles".

1. Putting those lamps on end tables, and my most favorite one:

2. Don't forget to try the home made mayo.

We have a running joke with that last one. I believe I even sent him a recipe to make home made mayonnaise!!!!

Then we have Jay's middle of the night ramblings. Sometimes he's animated too. THAT is a lot of fun. Like the time he elbowed me in the chest then started slapping me with both hands as if I were on fire & he was trying to put it out & didn't stop until I told him I was ok.

One time he was talking about ordering steel rods & sheet metal ( I imagine this had to be work related) and he had his arm straight up in the air & was swinging it around.

Another time Jay was mad, I mean the kind of mad that makes your voice shake & you know tears aren't far behind. In all the time I have known Jay, I have never seen him this angry. He was yelling: Shit, shit, shit, fuck fuck, shit, fuck.....etc.

I think he was having a conversation with my friend Stacy one time (in his sleep) and they were discussing green yarn. He was telling her to hang on, he had to figure out how much & he sat up on his elbow & proceeded to figure out how much green yarn was needed. He actually looked as if he was figuring it out on some scrap paper!!!

Just recently, Sunday night, he was talking about putting something underneath some wire & I could hear him rustling on the night stand.

My most favorite night was when he told me "I got it, I'm telling you I got it, just give me a minute" and he rolled over, opened his night stand drawer & rummaged around in it. He then rolled over and "showed" me something and said "see, I told you I had it!!"

Now, I don't know what he had, if he had anything at all but in the morning stuff was hanging out of the open drawer.

I should keep a pad next to me at night so I can write this stuff down. I know there is more & right now I'm working off my memory.

As I get more, I will share with you!!

Any of you have sleep talking sleep partners????

Thanks for reading!!

Elizabeth