My hubby, he's such a funny man. Not funny like me, but funny, nonetheless.

As I've mentioned in previous posts, he's had problems sleeping soundly lately. He's been waking up at all kinds of wacky hours, and going to work at even wackier hours. Today is Saturday. He went to work at 5 a.m.! Of course, when he's out of bed for the day, I can't sleep anymore. We'll just call it empathy. I'll never admit that I've become dependent on my husband as a security "blanket". I can't wait until the peak season is over.

I thought I'd try a little experiment on Thursday. I decided to use some of the relaxation techniques I've learned through my Hospice experience. It's similar to hypnosis.

Thursday night, we got into bed and I rubbed his back until he was good and relaxed, and breathing that deep rhythmic breathing. Then I started telling him very softly that he was going to sleep very soundly, not wake up until 6:30, and not wake up during the night. I told him this in several ways, several times while rubbing his back. I could tell that he was in that twilight zone between being awake and sleeping, and that is the perfect time to do this.

It worked! He slept through the night and didn't wake up until 6:45 on Friday morning. I told him that he could thank me for that. He scoffed at that. Can you believe it? He didn't even remember me suggesting these things to him the night before.

So last night, he fell asleep at some insane hour like 8:30. I wasn't ready to go to bed, so I stayed up. Last night he wandered about the kitchen (Rolaids and something to drink) in the middle of the night, and this morning was up at 4:30 or so. I commented that he didn't sleep so well last night, so he asked me if I performed my "mojo" on him. MOJO? These are some serious relaxation techniques, you scoffer!

Just for that, I'm going to make him cluck like a chicken tonight.