I have the rest of my recording recap percolating in the back of my head (there are pictures and everything!) but I’m way too tired to give it the treatment that it really and truly deserves. So, I’m going to make a vague promise about posting a full write-up later and then I’m going to ask you a not-so-hypothetical question.
What would you do if you could hear your boyfriend snoring all the way at other end of the apartment and you knew that it was going to keep you up all night? Let’s also say that you accidentally took a two hour nap that afternoon, so you were already pre-disposed towards having a hard time falling asleep. Would you:
a) Go to bed, listen to him snore until you finally drifted off in exhausted, grumpy sleep?
b) Take some Nyquil, go to bed and listen to him snore until you fell into exhausted, drug-induced sleep?
-or-
3) Grab a pillow and a sleeping bag and go sleep on the couch?
For the sake of argument, let’s say that you’re not very good at unfolding the couch yourself. And that you are back from a marathon recording session in VT and more than a little exhausted. And that you really should have gone to bed about an hour ago. And the snores are getting louder.
I really need to invest in some earplugs.
(Daydreaming about finally closing on the house and then having a real, honest-to-god, guest room)
(That I could wake Kristian up and make him sleep in)
(What? I’m not the one snoring!)
Ugh, snoring is the worst. There’s something about that rhythmic noise that just sets me on edge; I sit and try to anticipate when the next snore will come.
If I’m feeling nice, I’ll rub my hubby’s back. That will usually change his breathing pattern and he’ll stop snoring long enough for me to fall asleep. However, I usually just elbow him and bark “you’re snoring!” like that’s going to do something.
If you are planning to spend the rest of your life with him, I suggest option (d) or 4….. Get used to it 😛
Heh, I agree with Sara. My father snores more loudly than anyone on the planet, yet my mother is always able to fall asleep. She said she just decided years ago that a little noise was nothing, so long as she could stand being with him the next day.
Has Kristian tried Breathe Right strips or throat spray? There are a lot of things that can help minimize it.
Otherwise, pretend you’re at the ocean, listening to crashing waves. 😛
Oh the snoring. So annoying. And our timing is always perfect, he gets to the loud snoring right before I really truely fall asleep. It makes for a really grumpy Jenn, because I like my sleep. A. Lot. And I’m wake up angry when the sleep is interrupted. Oh we are quite a pair.
My response is similar to Lisa’s elbow to the side or a slap across the stomach, while barking “your snoring.” He usually rolls over finds that perfect position and stops snoring.
Here you go:
http://www.etymotic.com/
Good luck!
PS. I tried the Breathe Right strips and I still snored like a buzzsaw. All it really did was tear the skin off my nose. Ouch!
Oh…I almost forgot. GO KRISTIAN!
😉
What? Someone had to be on HIS side.
What about option D: Nudge him awake and tell him to roll over onto his stomach.