Yawnnnniiinnnnggggggggggg

Fatigue can do awful things to you. It affects your thought processes; your thinking becomes slowed, dulled; your memory falters. You physically feel different; your eyelids are heavy, your eyes are burning and have lost their sparkle, your posture slumps; that glow that lights your face is gone.

Your emotions are frazzled. You are irritable. Nothing seems quite right as hard as you try to make it so. When you don’t sleep, you just aren’t yourself, and those around you know it. If you haven’t slept just one night you may have a bit of an understanding of what I’m saying, or maybe two or three nights.

Let’s talk about months of disrupted sleep. There are often a myriad of reasons for loss of sleep, more appropriately termed insomnia. Whatever you call it, if you have sought assistance in resolving it, to no avail, you understand all the potential stuff that may be knocking at your back door as a result of no shut eye.

Firsthand experience speaks when I mention of nodding off at the computer, time after time, day or night. Visiting my mother in law and as she speaks I nod off. How glad I am that we have the wonderful relationship that we do. As I hear my husband drift off to sleep I rise up from our bed, and wander about our house, deciding where to settle, on the sofa with a book, at my desk paying bills, going online, almost wish I could get out the vacuum and do some cleaning, (doubt that would be appreciated)…or worse yet, driving down the road, and being awakened by my vehicle going off the edge of the highway..

When I mentioned irritable…yes here comes confession time…not long ago, I went through the drive-thru of a fast food place (small town, local place, not good). Of course, I couldn't do this in large city and be anonymous. When the young woman told me the amount I heard $3.39. When I got to the window I had the exact change and handed it to her. She proceeded to tell me it was $3.93. I said, “No you told me $3.39 now give me my food.” She was adamant and refused. (Obviously a very bad day for me) I proceeded to reach for a $5.00 bill and tossed it to her and said, “Keep the change, if you have to work here, you need the money and while you’re at it, tell JW (the manager) to get his act together here and in his personal life!” (I am good friends with his aunt)
I then got my food and drove off. A block later I was sobbing. I never ate the food. I went into the restaurant a week later and apologized to the young woman and to the manager. She didn’t even remember it. More importantly, I remembered, and I needed to make it right. Am I sleeping now? No… But I stop and think very carefully before I speak…well, at least make a "yawningggggg" attempt....
now thats another topic.....when you see someone else yawn, see the word, type the word, say the word yawn..........do you YAWN????