Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Wet Dreams and Sleepless Nights

It was not the night to sleep. It was horrible and embarrassing. I woke up with warm liquid running down my leg. I could believe it. I can’t remember doing this, even when I was a kid. And then I realized that I’m not in bed, but in an airplane seat. How can I get a change of clothes out of the overhead bin and get to the bathroom and not look foolish to those who are not asleep. Then, in my stupor, I realize it’s not warm liquid, it’s hot. It's burning hot. And the guy next to me is apologizing and wiping my leg with a napkin. He’d fallen asleep with his coffee cup in hand and has spilled it over his shirt and my left leg. I look out the window; dawn is just break at thirty-some thousand feet. So much for my hour and a half additional sleep on the leg to Atlanta. We talk the rest of the way. He’s humbled, and seems to be a good guy.  We laugh at his starched white dress shirt with a brown stain on it. I’m causal; my dockers will go into the washing machine. He has a meeting and will probably be paying way too much for a new shirt at the Brooks Brother store in the airport.

That wasn’t my first rude awakening of the night. My first occurred when the alarm went off at 4 PM. Sleep, I suppose, is over-rated.

I’m in North Carolina for a few days. I’ll try to get around to some blogs occasionally, but I have to hunt down a wi-fi connection (or use my Blackberry, which just isn’t fun for blog reading). This is the month for travel. It's starting with me checking in on my parents.

15 comments:

  1. Wow. That's some title you've got there, my friend. I'd love to see your tracking software from this post!

    I never saw the coffee spill from your next-door seatmate on an airplane coming. You totally got me on that one.

    Stay safe. Write when you can!

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  2. that first line really got me interested, dirty minded that we are.
    IPhones better than bb for blogs as if blogging was the reason to get a different phone...

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  3. Have a good trip and call me if you come through Raleigh!

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  4. Every time I put the word nude in a post, the search engines go wild. I'm guessing this will make my posts tame by comparison! Have a relaxing trip... from this point on anyway.

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  5. Have a good and safe trip and a meaningful time with family.

    Cheers.

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  6. youch. Well, better than the orignal thought.

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  7. What they said about the title. :)

    Have a great trip and I hope you find your parents well, Sage.

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  8. Indeed, thank God it was coffee. It reminds me of the night before i got my grades to start at college. I needed at least 7/10 (Spanish qualifications) to study the career I had chosen, and guess what: I had nightmares, fear, etc and something similar happened to me that night, but it wasn't coffee.

    Your story brought me back to this day and it really gripped me from the beginning!

    Have a nice trip and enjoy the days with your family.

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  9. Im glad it was coffee. Have fun in NC. I still have no idea what you do for work. You dont talk about the kind of stuff girls are nosy about. Actually the first reason I read your blog is because Sage is a girl's name. But after I realized you were a guy, I just kept on reading... xxoo

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  10. At least it was blog fodder! Welcome home and have a nice stay!

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  11. You fooled me. I thought you had a really good dream. Would've been very unlike you to post, but people surprise me all the time.

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  12. I had coffee spilled on me once at a football game. It was a night game in November and I'd been freezing, so it actually felt kinda nice.

    Hope you have a good visit home.

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  13. I was oh-so-surprised by the title! lol

    That's not a fun way to wake up.

    Enjoy NC!

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