Sleep-talking

You know your husband has been deployed too long when...

   -He doesn't recognize his own wife's voice

   -He thinks his own bed is a hole

   -He talks about "civilians"

Tonight Joe crashed into bed around 7:00 p.m. I put the kids to bed and went in our room to put some things away. When I opened our bedroom door, I startled him and he sat up immediately in the completely dark. This conversation was too funny so I just had to post it:

Joe: "I need to get out of here! What is going on? Where am I?"

Kristen: "You're in your bed. Where do you think you are?"

Joe: "This place is a hole. There's got to be a better place to sleep than in here!"

Kristen: "You're in your own bed. It's not that bad."

Joe: "Who are you?"

Kristen: "It's Kristen. Who do you think I am?"

Joe: "Well, I know you're a female by the sound of your voice but I don't know."

Kristen: "Honey, you're home and in your own bed."

Joe: "I've got to see if some civilian flights can get me out of here. This place is a hole!"

Then he fluffed his pillow, laid back down on his stomach and stopped talking. It was so funny and I was laughing my head off and trying to keep the conversation going but he zonked back out. Thank heavens my husband is home. I don't know how much more of Bagram he could take!