Special ways of sleeping

Special lives in Edmonton, which is a three hour drive away (longer if the roads are icy), so if he comes to visit, he usually stays the night. Sea has a comfy, yellow, floral sofa and a matching arm chair, so guests usually end up sleeping on the sofa bed. Well, except for Special. He usually falls asleep in the arm chair. Picture six feet and four inches of gangle. Now picture that draped over a chair. That's Special.

I timed him once. It takes him precisely ten minutes and twenty seven seconds to fall asleep. You can tell he's asleep because his jaw drops and he makes that slow nasally sound. Once he's asleep, he's fair game. One of the first times he crashed, I stuck my stuffed bunny (not that I sleep with one...) under his neck so it looked like he was sleeping with it. Yeah, I took a picture. Another time I devised a plan to put mousse in his hand and then tickle his face. Black said that was going too far.

Anyway, this weekend, Special and Lucky both stayed over: Lucky took the couch and Special claimed the chair (incase Lucky would fight him for it?). After tossing and turning (again, picture that in the chair), Special thudded to the floor. This didn't wake him up. So... being the good friend that I am, I decided to tape around his body with green painters tape (thanks for helping Lucky!). When we were finished, it looked like a crime scene. Mocha would be proud.

Heh heh.