Yesterday, I wrote a post about how I frequently had to rescue my sister from her own little toddler hands. Well, I got her back for those years of sleepless nights.
One of the side effects of my weird sleep disease is I frequently sleep with my eyes...open. Like, wide open, in terror. I have no idea why.
The first person to discover this trait was my little sister. I was sleeping, half hanging off my bed, with my eyes wide open. Julie just starts screaming.
I am jolted awake, and look at her like she has absolutely lost her mind.
Me: What the heck Julie? Why...
Julie: crying YOU LOOKED LIKE YOU WERE DEAD!
Me: Who wakes up someone like that? I was sleeping!
Julie YOU LOOKED LIKE YOU WERE DEAD!
Me: All the same, that was pretty rude.
Julie would not be the last person to see me sleeping with my eyes open. Frequently, I will fall asleep in front of the TV, sitting up, with my eyes open. Eric will carry on a conversation with me, and when I don't respond, he realizes I am sleeping. He has also woken up, seen me with my eyes open, and been so started he's fallen onto the floor.
This has become a never ending source of amusement for me, however. I have frequently told people, "Hey, you want to sleep over? You can see what I will look like when I am dead." And really, who could resist an offer like that?
I've seen that! It looks creepy.
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