What pregnancy will do to you...

The face of a very patient man.

Last week, Thor came home from work one evening and with a twinkle in his eye, said to me, "Rough night last night, huh?" I replied, "No, I don't think so, I was sleeping."

(The twinkle grew even twinklier...)

Thor: "Oh, you don't remember what happened?" (I despise when he uses that line because I never know what I might have done, and there have been at least a few odd situations over the past 4 1/2 years of marriage). "Yeah, I thought I might have upset you or something because all of a sudden, you sat up, grabbed my hat off my head and hurled it across the room." (I don't recall any of this)

Your first reaction might be: Thor wears a hat to bed? Yes, yes, he does, although not a Scrooge-ish night cap, but a regular old knit cap kind of like the one in the picture above. He likes to be very warm when he goes to bed. That also explains why he has his own blanket (I fondly call it "blankie") he covers himself with under the covers - he claims it's because I end up pulling all the covers over to my side leaving him cold. But I don't really know what he's talking about since I'm sleeping the whole time.

Back to the hat-yanking/throwing occurrence.

Thank goodness Thor is such a good sport. He didn't try waking me up and asking me what was wrong or get miffed with me. He just took it as the kind of thing that a pregnant woman does from time to time and went back to sleep. We both laughed a lot the evening he told me about it, and I still giggle whenever I think of it.

Other things associated with sleep during pregnancy

Really crazy/vivid dreams that have involved:

1. Me being in an end-of-world apocalyptic nightmare where I'm running with thousands of others from earthquakes, tsunamis, collapsing buildings everywhere (think: the movie 2012). That was last night's dream.

2. Me misplacing my newborn baby and running around looking for her. This was a few weeks ago.

3. Me engaging in Xena Warrior Princess-like combat to protect myself from those who might wish to do me harm. Also a few weeks ago/re-occurring.

Themes of these dreams: a lot of running. I always say that don't like to run, except when being chased, so in these dreams, I'm a really good runner able to keep ahead of my pursuers. But it's because I'm never actually pregnant in my dreams.

You'll have to ask Thor about my "horrifying chocolate dream." That's a classic.