Sleep Disorders

I think I've got the solution for those air traffic controllers falling asleep on the job. How can they expect regular-sleeping people to sit eight hours in a quiet, darkened room with the only light source the radar screen to keep them awake anyway? It's so simple I can't believe the people who make all that money to solve these things haven't thought of it.  Hire insomniacs! They could have a bed there in case they do get sleepy. All they would have to do would be lie down on it and they'd be immediately awake again. I do that almost every night.

Insomniacs spend about eight hours awake in a darkened room where the only light source is the digital clock s-l-o-w-ly changing numbers. If I was an air traffic controller, I would be awake and they could pay me for it! Instead of laying there flipping and flopping from one side to the other and keeping Dennis awake, I could be doing something useful.

I've seen lots of people on Facebook at three in the morning and I always identify with them.  I don't know if that qualifies for true insomnia or not. Somebody else's snoring could be contributing.

I'm not a true insomniac, I'm pretty sure. I worked a graveyard shift (11p.m. to 7 a.m.) the year between high school and  college and liked it a lot. I don't think that counts though. Lots of times I do sleep and I lay there pretty quietly while I'm doing it.

Well, there was that one time when Josh and Jerilyn were out of town and we were babysitting and sleeping in their guest room which had a queen size bed because the room was fairly small and the bed was just a couple of feet from the wall on my side and we are used to a king.  When we are there I always try to sleep kind of on the edge of the bed so Dennis can have enough room. I'm considerate that way. Only somehow in the night I fell out of bed. And the lamp fell on top of me.  And the table was a goner. And there was a glass of cold water on the table.  And I was I was stuck between the bed and the wall. And Dennis was laughing so hard he couldn't help me up and I was laying on my stomach except for certain parts of me that were sticking up with the lamp balanced on top. In a puddle of water. I had been sleeping before that.

But, other times I'm laying there awake just planning what I'm going to do when I win the lottery and watching the clock change numbers. Instead I could be helping out the government and making money at the same time. I'll have to write somebody and see if they are hiring.