Sleep Debt

So, have you ever heard of a sleep debt?

Apparently, your body has a memory. And it KNOWS how much sleep your body requires to function correctly, and keeps an internal log of how many hours you sleep each night.

So lets say your body needs 7 hours of sleep each night. You get 5 hours of sleep each night. So by the weekend you now your body 10 hours sleep. Your body just keeps on going, quietly contemplating HOW exactly it will get all that missed sleep back...

You body has now turned into a bookie. The juice is running on your missed sleep, and your body is hiding in the alley, just waiting to jack you. Now, if you are incredibly witty and sly, you can avoid having to pay back your debt until you die, but unfortunately all those missed hours are shaved off of your total life expectance...

Otherwise, it will get them one of two ways.

First, it waits until it sees an opening. It releases the "I'm soooooo tired" hormone into your bloodstream and you go to bed just a little early that night... and then - JACK! You CANNOT seem to drag your ass out of bed the next morning. You are 2 hours late to work, and all day long, all you want to do is go back to bed.

Second, it will just SLAM you with the NEED FOR SLEEP. You will just pass out and it will have its way with you. This can happen anytime, anyplace. Ever hear stories about people falling asleep behind the wheel? Well, they tried to slide one by on their body, and their body put a boot in their ass. They should have just went the easy way, just laid back and let it finish...

So the moral of the story is, no matter what, your body WILL get those hours back. It will try and do it all nice and slow, and you won't even notice what is happening until it is too late... But if you resist, it will use force - even if that means making you fall asleep driving a car, at work, or in the bathtub...

So, right now, I think I am about a ba-jillion hours behind, so I may keel over any day...

I am so screwed.