Hello? Hello?

I sleep pretty soundly. Almost too soundly. Some mornings when I wake up, especially on the weekends when I can combine sound sleep with long durations, I often wake up in serious pain from an overfull bladder. More than you need to know, I'm sure. What I'm getting at is I don't wake up easy, especially during the night.

So, the other night was an exception when a repetitive buzzing tone finally managed to stir me. Blinking my eyes in the dark, my sleep-muddled brain tried to determine the source of the beeping.

Buzz buzz buzz buzz.

Ah, a phone is off the hook. Must be the phone by the bed. Maybe Conny's pillow got pushed on to the night table, and bumped the phone. I sit up and try to locate the phone, which is on her side of the bed.

No phone visible, but the with the aid of the loud off-hook tones, I realize the sleeping Conny has taken the phone into the bed. She's actually holding it on her chest.

She's sound asleep.

I pry the phone from her, and she mumbles something incoherent. I hang it up, and return it to the night table.

I've heard of sleep-walking, but never sleep-phoning. Just what I need. Looks like I better check the phone bill this month. Let's just hope that in her dream she placed the call collect.
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