Apparently I'm a sleepwalker from way back. One time when I was about five years old I woke up in the middle of the night standing up in bed. My three sisters, who shared the same room, had turned on the light and were staring at me. They said I'd been jumping on my bed as well as leaping from one bed to the other.
Another time I got up in the morning, looked in the mirror only to discover that my whole face was covered with red lipstick and eyebrow pencil. I could never get anyone to admit to doing it, so I must conclude that I did it myself.
Years later I had a dream in which I remembered seeing all of my cut-offs and shorts in the trunk of my car. What an odd thing to dream, I thought. Throughout that summer I noticed that my shorts and cut-offs where nowhere to be found. For some reason shortly after that I had an occasion to open the trunk of my car and was astounded as I gazed upon all of my cut-offs and shorts neatly laid out, just like in my dream.
Within the last year or two I've gotten up in the morning to discover objects in unusual places; like the container of dry hot chocolate mix in the microwave - not once, but twice! And sometimes after a night's sleep I find myself with new cuts, scrapes and bruises. (my husband claims he didn't do it) Quite often in the mornings I feel very unrested and have trouble staying awake during the day.
For all the times that evidence has been found of my sleep-walking I wonder how many times I've walked at night when no evidence was found. I can only hope that I don't leave the house, drive anywhere, or use my shotgun.
2 comments:
I remember that time when you were little jumping from bed to bed in the night. Weird kid!
And, I've recently seen the cuts and bruises you wake up with so I know you are doing something at night. Hmmmm. What ARE you doing while you are supposedly sleeping and What to do about it?
Get a night vision camera to record your escapades? Have Roger stay awake all night to watch you? Hire someone to babysit you at night? Tie yourself in bed? Lock your bedroom door?
I'll have to think of more options, but one thing you should definitely do immediately is hide that shotgun! You might end up shooting holes in the walls like you did at home when we were kids!
Oh dear! It would be interesting to see what you've been doing at night and how often you do it. It does sound like you'd like some hot cocoa though.
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