Sleep deprived

[J a c k]

Ever been so sleepy that you do weird shit?

I hadn’t been sleeping enough due to work, deadlines, kids, social life, etc. So much going on. I was trying to get my son to go to sleep, but he does everything by routine and we have to stick to it perfectly if he’s going to get any sleep at all. Well, we have a night time routine of storytelling. I tell him the exact same three stories every night, then we do a series of animal sounds which end with a spider who instead of a sound just tickles, then he tells me the exact same stories from all the nights before.

Well, I was telling my son one of the stories the other night, but it was putting me to sleep instead. I think I started dreaming out loud half way down the story:
“Once upon a time, there was a little girl playing at the park. She was playing at the swings when another little girl walked up to her and the boss came and asked...

... are you sure? You won’t be saying that when the divorce papers are copied and sent to the paper stacks in the back.”

My son tapped my forehead with his tiny hand over and over until I realized. It happened several times. Lmao!

I have also been told at times in which I was excessively tired that I talked in my sleep. Sleep is so beautiful. I want more of it.  

[purplepurpose]

Sleep with Jesus is even better.

[Cyberman]

I used to do that all the time (not sleep with Jesus; I'm not wired that way). Sam would tell me later about how I'd be saying weird random shit; like I'd suddenly yell at the dog that we never had or something. She found it really cute. I did something similar a couple of weeks ago at Shell's, but I don't remember the details.

More recently, I think back in my first xmas/new year after that horrible 2010, I kept awake for almost four solid days and nights. At the end of it, I was almost literally blind, my eyes just basically said "right, we've had enough - you're on your own" and shut down. Seventy hours or so of unconsciousness later, I was fine (for a given value of 'fine', anyway).

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

I only recall one episode of sleep deprivation in my life (I keep a very odd sleep schedule).  In a single stretch, I was a) in the process of purchasing a home, b) serving as a Parades Liason, c) worried sick over a mate who was in a horrific motor bike crash, and d) doing eight shows a week at three different venues. When I finally crashed, I'd had about five hours sleep over the course of six days.  My then-girlfriend reported that I'd walk about the house babbling about the price of earthquakes and how that bloke wasn't good enough for my cabbages, all while asleep.

Boru

[*Deidre*]

I haven't been sleeping well. Even a lot of sex isn't helping. I think my mind has just been racing lately, but I don't feel stressed.

I love sleep, too. Maybe tonight, we will get some!

[Godscreated]

Jack, prioritize, not sleeping well is not good for you or those who depend upon you. Your health is more important than many things you do that cause you to go without sleep.

GC

[Athene]

Sleep deprivation; Very, very bad stuff.

Three or more consecutive days of it, I start becoming, sick, chubby, and crazy.

[Thumpalumpacus]

I've had it before ... I think of that weird state between sleeping and wakefulness as drifting.

[brewer]

The only conclusion I can reach is not enough orgasms. Are you out of batteries???

[J a c k]

I did it again last night. It’s interesting to me to realize the topics I talk about when this happens lol! I realize I’m thinking about certain things in my sleep even when I thought I wasn’t stressed about them. Funny how our brains work.