But sometimes it's because Big A is coming off a spate of night shifts and stays up late doing his notes and stuff and I just want to stay up with him. And if he's working nights, 3 am text banter makes me feel like I miss him less. (Although of course this is untenable since he can nap during the day to make up for lost sleep hours while I'm at work.)
So we've come up with a practice we call "Talk Me To Sleep" where he talks to me (preferably about something bland like his work) until I fall asleep. There's a list of taboo topics--no bringing up Scout or world news or parents' health or finances--nothing disturbing. And there are topics so boring, I've been known to suggest that he saves it for a "Talk Me To Sleep." Yesterday he mentioned being in a "deep, cozy sleep" and I fell in love with that phrase as though it was a magic mantra that could immediately send me into a deep, cozy sleep. Deep, cozy sleep...
Pic: Wind turbines on my way to work. When Big A isn't around, I like to think of their giant arms whooshing through the air to put me to asleep. Perhaps I should start murmuring "deep, cozy sleep" too.
7 comments:
Oh, what a lovely idea. My husband has a beautifully soothing voice, and I often wish he would Read or Talk Me To Sleep. But he often drops off to sleep in the middle of a sentence or even as soon as he says Good Night. It's frustrating.
Cute.
Okay, but don't go to sleep in the car!
I never thought to ask R to talk to me about his mainline contracting project at bedtime, but it would have been even better than melatonin.
Nance--but your husband is so lucky!
Gillian--right :)?
StephLove--Haha. That would be so terrifying!
Nicole--L O L!!!
Love this! Like a sleep podcast but so much sweeter.
SO much sweeter!!
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