Lack of Sleep

I never really realized how much a lack of sleep can affect a person. Over the past few days, I haven't been getting anywhere near to 8 hours of sleep a night. In fact, last Thursday night, I slept for a grand total of 45 minutes. It was Junior Wake-up call for swimming, so that pretty much eliminated any chance of sleeping. Now, I'm feeling a little less than stellar. When I drive, I see myself drifting out of my lane, but I'm too zoned out to force my hands into the motion of jerking the wheel back into place. When I write, my words become scrambled and mixed together like the fall leaves scattered in my yard. When I speak, I accidentally combine words or forget words in my sentences, effectively making whatever I am saying undecipherable. When I am trying to do my homework, my eyes drift shut before I can catch myself, and I end up in some sort of partial dream state. I wake up confused and disoriented, imagining that this must be how Alice in Wonderland felt as she returned to her own world. That story always bothered me a bit, because it seemed to me that Alice was slightly insane. I guess when I start seeing rabbits with watches I will be worried.