Way Too Tired

I am suffering from severe sleep deprivation. Late to bed, early to rise, crying children in the night. It all adds up to a very sleepy set of parents.

This morning I had my first dentist appointment in several years. I was so sleepy, that my eyes were rolling even while the dental hygienist picked away at my teeth with a Cavitron (water pick). It seems that the moment my body goes prone, it starts gearing up for sleep - even if there is some stranger scraping and poking at my mouth. At one point during her poking around looking for signs of gum disease, I was really fighting it. She would poke around a few times, taking her measurements, and then turn to a chart of my mouth to record her findings. After about 2 minutes of this, she turned once again, and in the intervening 10 seconds, I literally fell asleep. Only the sensation of a finger tugging at my lips and opening my jaw brought me to my senses.

I really need to get more sleep.