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Will’s Ground Rules for Watching Live Football in Kuwait

Okay.

I understand you love the Sooners and want to support them in every which way.

I’m respectful of that.

However-

Love, Sweetie, Light of my Life, we must have some ground rules if you insist on waking up at all hours of the night to support your team.

1. If the game is not televised and you are forced to listen via internet radio in bed, the head phones must be on.

2. You must cheer quietly. Remember the “inside voice” we talked about and practiced? That voice must be in effect. No loud “Yeah baby!” cries, or “Go, go, go, go!!!” as you cheer on Murray into the endzone. No stomping, yelling, or loud clapping.

Inside Voice Cheers Only.

3. I love you, but I’m not getting up at 1:30 in the morning to watch OU vs. the Sisters of the Poor. It isn’t going to happen my friend.

4. When the game is over, and you’re all alive and exhilarated, and not ready to go back to sleep you are forbidden to wake me just because, “You can’t sleep.”

5. No. For the millionth time-no, I do not want to play Skip-Bo with you. Why don’t you ever want to play when I do!? Must you wait until 12:41 to ask!? Seriously.

6. I’m incapable of true and meaningful conversations after about 9:00 each weeknight. So- that means when it’s 2:13 and you’re telling me you miss life back home and asking me, “How long do you think we’ll live in Kuwait?” I’m just not fully aware of what you’re saying. I’m more asleep than awake. I’m liable to tell you we’ll be here forever and that I think you should wear that ugly plaid shirt to work today.

And we both know that you shouldn’t.

See!? I can’t be trusted during normal sleeping hours.

7. You’re not allowed to keep nudging me and telling me how you’re awake and you can’t get back to sleep.

I’m not awake.

I am asleep.

If you’re not- than at least let one of us get some rest!

8. No. I don’t want to shower with you at 2:45.

What were you doing showering then anyway!?

9. You’re not allowed to flip every freaking light on in the house, slam drawers, and clomp around while getting ready after that 2:45 shower.

I’m sure there are more rules, but that’s all I can come with now.

That’s probably due to the fact that I’m too tired to think of any more.

I’m tired because from 11:00- 3:30 you continually poked and nudged me telling me how awake you were, or asking me to play skip-bo, or asking me deep and meaningful questions about life!

Just wait until tonight, Will. You’re going to be exhaused and I am going to make it my mission to annoy you the same way.

Ha- who am I kidding? I’ll be out like a light too.

Oh well, the thought is nice.

Are you up for Skip-bo?? smile

Ground rules are good, especially when it comes to football at 3am. wink But I’ve been on Will’s side of things too, I cant sleep and I flounce and bounce and sigh and pester Brad til he’s about going insane and is completely exhausted anyway ... Luckily he can never stay away long enough for paybacks. wink Oh and yelling “Go, go go!!!” is an involuntary reaction, you might want ear plugs too. =)

Have a lovely day!

Posted by  on  09/16  at  05:51 AM

Serious laughter happening in NY right now.  That is a seriously funny post.  What’s sad, is I know that it is very much truth based!  You poor girl.  Definately need to enforce the ground rules.  They are important ones.  What must your neighbors think?  smile

Posted by  on  09/16  at  09:36 AM

Hahaha, that’s TOO funny!

Although....come to think of it, I may have subjected DH to something similar this week.....albeit it was only at 6am, not 3am, but he still wasn’t impressed that I turned on the TV to watch Formula1 (it is strange that I am the one watching car racing, and not DH? hmmm)

Posted by Angela  on  09/16  at  05:38 PM

Oooh this was too funny.  My cat does stuff like this to me, and then I wait until he’s asleep in the middle of the afternoon and poke him, saying, “Yeah!  It’s not fun, is it!?!” like he even understands what the heck I am saying.  But it makes me feel better.

Posted by Ann M.  on  09/16  at  07:14 PM

Oh my goodness, Ben does stuff like this to me when he a) comes to bed later than I do or b) has to work on a morning I have off.  It drives me batty!  Your ground rules are hilarious!

Posted by Jenn  on  09/17  at  03:45 AM

What about Old Maid or Uno?  Those are some fun ones too.  He has to sleep sometime though, right?

DH used to pull the same thing while I was pregnant and had trouble sleeping.  As soon as he would fall asleep I would grab some food eat in bed while watching CSI with the lights on. Whenever something neat would happen I would wake DH up and ask him if he saw that. 

I would also play some of the “slumber party” pranks on him that I did when I was little like putting food on him and toilet papering him.  It never gets old!

It didn’t really change anything but it sure was fun for me. 

You had a post recently about suggestions to show Will expressions of love ~ I have been leaving in the mornings to work out recently so one morning before DH woke up I put little sticky notes everywhere telling him that I loved him.  It didn’t start out that way.  I actually started putting up stickys like “feed baby”, “put these clothes on baby” and figured that I could at least puu I love you on the end.  So I ended up posting notes everywhere I knew he would be in the morning - cereal box, milk, coffe pot, baby’s crib, mirror, shower, and ended with one on his car.  He said it was like me being there and being nice to him!

Posted by Dee  on  09/17  at  07:06 PM

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brittny I'm B-Love. I've just returned to America after spending three years in Kuwait with my husband Mr. B-Love and our two maltese, Boz and Lucy. We recently added two more doggies to our family, Rocky and Teddy. I love weight training, OU football, and lazy weekends. Buckle up and get ready for my constant embarrassing moments, continual madness at a new job, and my daily effort to rely on Christ while adjusting to life back in the real world.


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