laughing in the night

last night i woke myself up laughing. i was having a dream about pets and about the relative touchy-feeliness of cats vs. dogs and then mr. (dream) happy stuff said, “yeah, well, the worst is my doctor who has a pet stork who is very skittish. her bird is so skittish that the doctor has become very timid around even her patients. during my last examination, she made me stand on one foot for fifteen minutes before she would agree to make a diagnosis.” yeah, it was a dream. it doesn’t really make sense, but when you’re asleep… this stuff is hilarious! i actually laughed two “ha-ha’s” in my sleep. then, realizing that i had laughed aloud, i started laughing at myself for laughing. this woke up mr. happy stuff who then insisted that i tell him what was so funny that it would wake me up laughing. the more he insisted, the funnier it became that i was going to have to try to explain this ridiculous scenario to him. finally, in between bursts of laughter (i was in tears, laughing at this point) i got the whole story out and he said, “you’re really weird, dear.” which of course made me … laugh.