Questions they ask...

if you are going to spend the night in a sleep lab:

Check the following behaviors occurring during your sleep that either you or someone else has noted in the past year:
(just a small sampling)

*Snoring
*Talking in your sleep
*Seeing objects while falling asleep
*Large body jerks
*Falling out of bed
*Violent movements
*Shouting, screaming or swearing
*Feeling paralyzed upon falling asleep or waking

Who would have thought that falling asleep or waking could be so eventful?

And a scary question to ask when you consider your neighbors on the highways and biways:

How likely are you to doze off in a car, while stopped for a few minutes in traffic? Please say "Never done" ... please.

We take sleeping very seriously around here, which is why my husband is currently up at the lab and hooked to all sorts of machines that are ready to report on every moment and sound he makes (inside and out) between now and five o'clock tomorrow morning. But, the questions had us falling around the room with tears-rolling-down-our-cheeks laughter. Maybe we're punchy because of sleep deprivation...or maybe it is just a bit funny to realize all the things your "bed partner" could be doing in the middle of the night. The options are endless.

I'll have loads of questions to ask when he gets home. How could you possibly sleep well with things stuck on your head, chest, fingers, legs? And, knowing that a camera was watching every move you make? Sounds like a creepy movie to me, but we'll get the up close and personal report tomorrow morning when he gets home.

Sleep well, Bed Partner.