last night (early morning) – at about 1am or so – i woke up needing to go to the bathroom. when i opened my eyes there was just enough external light coming into my room to make out the shadow of a man. he was sitting in one of the office chairs bent over our computer. (yes, our office is in our bedroom. a combo i wouldn’t recommend after the dorm years.) my natural defenses kicked in proving i’m a wimp, because i just lay in bed – frozen. he wasn’t moving, so i wasn’t moving. and we held our positions until…
5:30am.
when the light changed enough for me to make out just who this was and what he was doing. i may have dozed a bit, but i did my best to make sure this shadow man stayed in my room, neutralized by my ability to not move.
victory goes to me. i defeated the shadow man. and he only maimed me. when i finally got out of bed to go to the bathroom i noticed my knee was hurting. a lot. i’m not sure what’s wrong with it. it’s not so bad that it’s debilitating. it’s more of just a sharp reminder that i was involved in an hours long battle. and you never make it out of those unscathed.
oh no, this is depressing because I am also a “freezer”, but I always assumed that if it came to the worst (like y’know, a fan sitting in my office chair) then I would manage to take action. Apparently not. Stink.
Poor you and your knee!
i somehow thought i’d be braver, too. i’m certain, if the fan had actually made a move, i would have gone all ninja on it!
Yes, of course you would. Hee.
You lay there 4 and a half hours needing to use the bathroom.My body could never have held on that long! That’s amazing!
And how sad is it that that is the main thing I got out of your tale?
Am I imagining it, or is it snowing on your blog??
i felt all 4 1/2 hours!
it is snowing on my blog. somehow my blog can get in the spirit, but i’m not there yet!
So something I would do! Hope your knee’s better soon.
thanks. the knee thing is weird – it hasn’t improved. i hope i don’t have to go to the doctor and tell him i hurt my knee sleeping.
rofl!!!
Oooooh, I hate shadow people! They have been scaring me at night since I was a small child! 😀
and there are no organizations to combat them. a truly overlooked cause.
That happens to me at least once a year…we should start an organization for sure. 😀