Monday, June 11, 2007

Two minutes for elbowing

I have never considered myself a "dirty" hockey player but it seems the same cannot be said of the way to sleep. Last week I apparently rediscovered how to smack, rake over, elbow and bump Niesha in the night without even realizing I had done anything. Such events had occurred afew times not long after we were married but after a while I had seemed to learn how to be nice......little did Niesha know.
The main problem seems to be that I sleep with my arms above my head often throughout the night. When it's time to change positions my sleepy brain somehow doesn't like to lift my arm closest to my beautiful bride up off the bed but simply drag it in a snow angel kind of motion down to my side. And herein lies the problem. My arms are long, my elbows are bony and Niesha has been rudely awakened numerous times lately. About a week ago I even connected with her face a record three times in one night. One of those was apparently a hefty elbow to the noggin.
Of course I feel terrible, but even after encouragement Niesha
refuses to hit me back while I'm sleeping. They have devices to help
spouses who snore. How about a restrictive arm sling to prevent
nocturnal spousal abuse?

2 comments:

The Sénéchals said...

It does get better with time :) Hope she survives!

Elaine and Murray said...

We learned the only solution was a king size bed with lots of space between!