“Love is letting your loved one’s snoring become your love song” – NOT!
I read this, one time in a bookstore waiting online. It was on a card they had at the Point of Purchase area. I laughed out loud, the man behind me, could see what I was reading and didn’t even smirk – Easy bet he was in denial about his snoring, as most men (and women) are.
Let me admit, I know I snore, so if my husband is reading this – here you go – I SNORE – you have it in writing – are you happy? But my “love song” is not what we are going to discuss. That’s right, my blog, my topic.
My husband, Jack and I are both TV watchers but never agree on what to watch. He is sports, documentaries, westerns, war and the original Batman, Get Smart and Munsters. I am more binge watching, series driven with Game of Thrones, Downton Abbey, Breaking Bad and Billions, Grey’s Anatomy, Friends and How I Met Your Mother. Most TV nights, evening rolls around, we have dinner, watch Jeopardy and part ways. He claims the TV Room and I go to our bedroom and watch. Sometime after 10pm, he comes to bed and I wind down the last show I am watching, anywhere from 10-30 minutes left.
Within minutes he is OUT, so we know the TV does not bother him. And then the gurrrrggglll-ing starts… I could handle it, if he would face the other way, but he insists of lying on his side facing me. By the time I shut the TV off and try to go to sleep myself, he is at maximum levels of 11. Now that the TV is off, he turns over, the bed is shaking and not in a good way.
For years, I nudged and tried different things to calm his breathing through-out the night. It does seem to calm, as the midnight hour rolls past, but I can’t wait for that, to fall asleep.
YIPPY! – I found something that is working – shhhh – One night it just came to me; A friend sells Essential Oils and my daughter was interested in their uses. I purchased a “started” kit for my her and it had just arrived, so it’s been on my mind (My friend’s email is below, if you are interested in trying this or any Essential Oils).
I remembered a while back, another friend had given me a bottle of Eucalyptus to use in a diffuser, when my allergies were making me stuffy. I’d it for over a year, when I remembered it was there – I tiptoed to the bathroom – I don’t know why. Feeling like a 
member of MI-6, I was certain one of the dogs would come romping over, to see what I was up to – hiding snacks, they would think. Taking the bottle out, of course I dropped the cap. Sure, that one of the dogs would come up behind me, I froze but nothing – I guess his snoring was their “love song” or lullaby. With each step toward the bed, I stopped for a moment to assess the room. Quickly and with covert precision, I put one drop directly on the sheet. Just one drop and there was just low intake of breath and it was quiet. I was in shock – it could not be that easy.
I decided not to return the bottle to the bathroom and brought it with me to my side of the bed so I would have easy access to it. Just as I slipped back into bed one of the dogs awoke, waking the other two, all wanting to go out. I scurried them out of the bedroom and got them outside, they did their business and quickly came in and ran back to bed. I was sure Jack would have woken up and we would have to start again but when I returned to bed, he hadn’t moved an inch. Is this for real?
Over the next days, I snuck the Eucalyptus onto the sheet several more times and it really seems to help. I tested by not doing it a couple nights and low and behold – Foghorn had returned– “That’s a joke, son.”
It doesn’t completely eliminate the snoring, but it definitely helps lower or muffle the gurgle. It sounds as if he is in a deeper sleep too. The end goal gives me the chance to fall asleep and sweet dreams.
Dear Diary, This week I cured snoring I found a way to fall asleep easier. I am Extraordinary – or at least better rested.
For information or to order Essential Oils contact Christine Ward (cward44@mac.com)
