when the bed's a rockin' don't come a knockin'...

this post is rated PG. don't let the title deceive you.

I was so tired last night. I probably would have been more tired had I ran a marathon yesterday morning, but we spent all day out in the hot sun. It was somewhere around 113 degrees. We left Simon with our favorite babysitter and went boating with the Leavitts. We had a BLAST. We came home sunburned, dehydrated and completely exhausted.

I had an 8 pm bedtime goal, but it just didn't happen. Aaron picked up a few groceries around 10 pm and I fell asleep before he got home. He crawled into bed next to me and just so happened to be listening to music on his new MP3 player. He bought one specifically for the race and downloaded all sorts of good music to run to. During our training, neither of us ever ran with headphones. I always wanted to bring mine, but I thought it would be rude because Aaron didn't have any. When he finally got his new player, I was thrilled. But then he never ran with it because he was being courteous back. I thought it was cute that both of us were trying to be nice to the other when all either of us wanted to do was listen to some good music! Anyway, that has nothing to do with this story.

Last night, Aaron climbed into bed with headphones on. He was listening to a song by Feetwood Mac. I think the title is Dreams or something, but they sing the same line over and over, "Thunder only happens when it's raining." He was singing that song earlier and I didn't recognize it. It's not a very popular song and Aaron's not a very good singer, so he wanted me to listen to it. He took one of his headphones out of his ears and put it in mine. I was asleep, but quickly woke up when I heard Stevie Nicks voice. I told Aaron that I thought it was a really odd choice to run a marathon to. He disagreed and said you need a few mellow songs to mix it up. I wasn't going to argue... I was tired.

After the song was over, Rihanna's "Please Don't Stop the Music" blasted through the headphones we were sharing. I wanted him to turn it off (because whether or not he knew it, I was sleeping 2 minutes prior.) I looked at Aaron's face, which was just a few inches from mine, and saw that he was raising his eyebrows to the beat of the music. I smiled. And then I started bobbing my head to the same beat. Pretty soon we were snapping, waving our arms and doing the running man all while laying down. And before the song was over, our entire bodies were rocking out. (and I swear to you, Aaron looked as though he was having a full-blown seizure.) After that song, another came on and before we knew it, we listened to the entire playlist. He and I don't necessarily have the same taste in music, but that doesn't mean we can't still have a good time together. And although I love my beauty rest, I am so glad he gave me half of his headphones last night. That Stevie Nicks song will always hold a special place in my heart.

While loading the breakfast dishes this morning, I busted out laughing just thinking of Aaron's seizure slash dance moves. We have three 20 year old girls staying out our house this weekend and our bedroom is above the kitchen. I try to be super careful and courteous when we have visitors, but last night we got a bit crazy. I don't think they heard the bed rocking upstairs, but if they did, it wasn't rocking for the same reasons they may have thought.