- Apparently I do need sleep.
- Apparently I need to breathe the entire time I’m sleeping. Otherwise, according to my body, it doesn’t count.
- If I don’t do enough of 1 & 2, the words don’t come.
- If I don’t do enough of 1 & 2, the ability to edit goes away, too.
- There is no instant adaptation to cyborg upgrades. Even if they’re daytime-detachable.
- The idea of a 3-D printed facehugger that snaps onto my mask is hilarious. The execution, when I sleep with someone who spent many, many years of combat in Africa, which has lots of creepy crawly things that will kill you, is that he wakes up and reflexes kick in before the brain does, upon seeing too many legs on his wife’s face and… uh, yeah. The execution is not nearly as funny as the idea.
- But when telling it afterward, it’s a hilarious story!
7a. (When telling to other vets, they start howling with laughter as soon as I get to the “combat in Africa” part, because Iraq and camel spiders – they can fill in all the blanks in the story just fine. Which goes to show that stories are sometimes collaborations that take advantage of the experience the reader brings to the story.)
Hopefully the ability to edit, and to make with the words, comes back soon. Y’all take care of yourselves, you hear? Because nobody else can write like you do!
Mad Genius Club 
4 responses to “Things I have learned”
Sleep? Enough sleep? What is that? Oh, look at that calendar! I was supposed to do a post last Friday . . .
Bill has been borderline for sleep apnea for years. He finally decided to get the CPAP.
What a difference! He sleeps better, deeper, is much more alert and functional during the day.
He is, dare I say, chipper in the mornings.
Sleep is SO VITAL that even flatworms, jellyfish, and insects all require periods of torpor. Sleep cleans your brain. It’s housekeeping and maintenance, just like exercise is for your muscles.
Best wishes to you on your health journey. I got used to the CPAP faster than Bill did, because he stopped snoring!
During Concert Week*, I discovered that I can no longer function on three nights of interrupted 5hrs sleep per 24 hours. Age and mileage have caught up with me.
*Kinda like Shark Week™, but more intense.
Oh man, that face hugger story sounds delicious.