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I was getting ready for bed last night when Kim and I had a minor disagreement. What about? Hell, I don't remember, but it was probably my fault. So I went upstairs until about 10:15 or so.

So when I get downstairs, William needs to be put down since he's still asleep. Kim went upstairs to feed Darian. I got William down, got up, and he woke up. After I got him down the second time, I headed for bed and Kim came down at about the same time.

We had a long talk about our previous disagreement, and the various issues we'd been piling up for a couple of weeks. Married couples really need to talk every once in a while, and with everything going on, that's been quite the luxury for us.

It was probably about 12 by the time we had finished talking, and sleep was approaching at a fast clip. It was then that my legs started twitching. This is not new, and twitchy legs bug me every so often. I was annoyed but it wasn't too big of a deal. And that's when my arm started freaking out.

Now, I have had dreams where I'm falling and I wake up with adrenaline pumping, my heart racing, and my legs feeling the phantom impact. I've fought attackers in my dreams and kicked at them, only to wake up and realize I had just wailed on poor Kim in my sleep.

Last night was not one of these occasions. Instead, I would be almost to the point of sleep and my left arm would suddenly leap into the air, unbidden. I'd look around as if to see who had yanked my arm into the air, but no hooligan was to be found. I'd try sleeping again only to have my arm yanking through the air once again as if to pull the emergency cable on the train, but I'm just trying to sleep here, what gives?

I finally got up and watched some tv. By around 2:30 I was back in bed, and fell asleep. Oh man, what a night.

I muddled my way though the day today. I yawned a lot. And I don't think I'll have any problems sleeping tonight.