Midnight Conversations with Luci: ”Fancy Pants”
Surprisingly my first posting was/is a no brainer. However, explaining the reason behind it may take a few extra sentences. My absolutely beautiful (and amazing) wife, Luci, has a funny habit of talking in her sleep. Although this is a common trait, the conversations with my wife are absolutely priceless.
Today’s story is called “Fancy Pants.” Work, as always, was really crazy for me during this time. Crazy work usually means that my iPhone may find its way into the bed as I will fall asleep with it in my hand. Well on this particular night, my wife was the one who found the phone.
Luci and I were both sound asleep. I am typically a heavy sleeper while Luci awakes at the slightest noise. It is my theory that she never really wakes up, despite being a light sleeper, which is what leads to her midnight conversations.
I wake up to Luci’s hand searching all over the bed - almost as if she is making a snow angel. I quickly realize that she is still asleep, so I decide to just wait for the magic to happen. Suddenly her hand hits my iPhone. I am slow to react so she quickly takes it in her grasp, just like a curious monkey.
I hold back laughter as I watcher her take the phone in both hands, about three inches from her face, and proceed to inspect the phone. What is funny is that her eyes were not really open, but her brow was completely furrowed as if she was really studying the iPhone (trying to figure out what it was). At this point she is flipping and turing the phone in almost every direction possible.
The site of her flipping the phone around in her hands looked just like a little kid inspecting something that was brand new to them. As the inspection progressed, Luci’s thumb finally found the home button which, if you are not an iPhone user, illuminates the screen.
I had recently changed the background of my iPhone to the picture you see above. It is actually a Macro shot of a green sucker. Needless to say, the picture is extremely bright on the phone.
As soon as the screen illuminates, inches from Luci’s face, her eyes flash wide open is pure awe. A huge smile comes across her face almost as if the phone has put her into a trance. Luci slowly (and kind of creepily) turns her head towards me. At this point I am biting my lip not to burst out laughing and ruin whatever glorious words are about to come out of her mouth.
Once her eyes lock on mine she starts to giggle like a little kid, and then she states excitedly: ”These are like fancy pants!” I burst out laughing as Luci, proud of her observation, turns her head back to its normal resting position. She inspects the phone a few more times before finally putting it down.
As is customary for me, I immediately have to try to talk to Luci to see if I can get any more gems out of her. Unfortunately this does not always work and Luci usually starts to come to. However, most of the time she proceeds to argue with me, stating that she knows exactly what she said (in the morning she rarely has any recollection of our conversations.)
I know the ending was a little anticlimactic, but hopefully you enjoyed it. Midnight Conversations with Luci will definitely be a common theme. Hell, at this point I am sitting on a handful of other midnight conversations that include spiders, textured ceilings, muscled arms, and home intruders!
First posting down, 51 more to go!
