So guys, let me lighten the mood here a little and tell you all about my sleep deprivation.
Do any of you have a husband or partner that snores??? You do.....Isn't it HELL!!!
Who wants to sleep on the couch or in a different room than your partner? I don't. I long for the days of a slight deep breathing partner next to me. And sure, my husband has snored since the first night we spent together. But I SWEAR to you, it's like its getting worse! If that's possible!!
And my husband genuinely feels so bad, and guilty for the lack of sleep that I get. He has tried the sleep apnea clinic, and either they had bad hearing or were on serious drugs because they claimed he is fine. Um hey clinic peeps, try to sleep next to my husband for a night and tell me he doesn't have an issues with his sleeping ways!!!
It makes me laugh when people say "I have kids, therefore I will never truly sleep for the rest of my life". And my response is," yeah me too! I may not have kids but let me tell ya, at least even with kids, you eventually get a break. You get a couple hours of being so tired that when you're baby sleeps, you sleep. But it's not like that when you have a person snoring next to you. There is NO BREAK!"
He is going to kill me!! LOL
And the sounds!! I mean, I have tried to play the didgeridoo, and from what I know it requires circular breathing. It's not an easy thing to do. But the sounds that come out of my husband are seriously IMPRESSIVE! I'm talking, move over digeridoo players- my husbands amazing talents of , what seems like, breathing in through his nose and out through his mouth all at the same time, are a "special" non rhythmical sound that could scare a person out of a dark alley! I mean people pay good money when producing movies, for these types of sounds!
And do you know what really annoys me, when people say, "well why don't you wear earplugs Shannon?". Are these assholes for real when they say this to me?! Why should I have to, on top of the steam roller racket next to me, wear a pair of extremely uncomfortable earplugs, that trades people don't even want to wear! My problem is the snoring! My problem is not that I have super sensitive bat like ears. Which brings me to my husband telling me that I'm such a light sleeper that I could hear a mosquito fart! And maybe I can, but the mac truck that lays beside me at night is a far cry from the light puff of what I would assume a mosquitos fart to be like.
Now I love my husband...to bits! And just to be serious for a moment, I know that the snoring isn't healthy for him either. There is in no way, shape or form that he could be A) getting enough sleep, because B) he can't possibly be getting enough oxygen to his brain through all the breath holding, twitching and long length snores. SO, for now, I'll put up with the fish flopping, deep breathing and sounds that I'm sure can be hear by deaf dogs miles away. And even though the odd night on the couch or in a spare bed gives me some solitude, I love my husband and want to be in the same bed as him. I know there will be a day that will come when we can't wait to go to our separate beds, but until then, I'll take as much of the snoring as I can get.
Until I smother him in his sleep that is!
Just kidding! :)