The Yawning Reflex

The yawning reflex is great in me tonight, my big gaping maw sucking the skies for air.

And I'm sure I'm getting that fatigued, droopy look in the region of the eyes.

My posture is slumping, betraying me as one tired individual, seeing repose and a supine position.

Sleep comes easily to me, perhaps too easily. I could burrow in somewhere, pull the covers up and fall to sleep quickly.

Wouldn't be a problem.

2007 or 1997

I need to quit losing sleep, which means I need to get to bed at a decent hour.

I was telling someone yesterday about something President Bush did in 2007. But when I woke up today I was thinking I told them 1997, which wouldn't make any sense. I'm still not sure I didn't say 1997, but surely I didn't.

When I woke up today, and even when I was sitting in my chair, I was confused about 2007 and 1997, as in their relation to the present year. It took some real mental working it through to get myself square again.

It's not that I'm dumb. I just haven't had the full eight hours for a while. So my mind is playing tricks on me.

I need to wrap it up for tonight ... get the dog outside for her thing ... and get to bed!

Very Short Naps

I took a nap today that was very short. I set the alarm for around 35 minutes. And I didn't doze off at all till there was 15 minutes left. But then, I think, I did doze off. And was rudely awakened by a ring tone I wasn't expecting. My normal one must not be the default. But I got up and felt well rested.

Yesterday I took an even shorter nap. I surely must have dozed off for only a couple minutes. Because the dog was barking and someone was knocking at the door. And I know it was just minutes before, maybe 10 minutes, that I lay down.

Yet I woke up, answered the door, and felt rested enough for the rest of the day. Just one or two minutes of that confused stuff right before full sleep.