Relationship Rant Thread

Sorry, I was speaking for me, personally. I'd love to lie around, but then things wouldn't get done, bills not paid, etc.

 

Well, women do that a lot. :nervous:

Hum, i wonder if this means...

Funny thing, coming from someone called "Shining"

Seriously Ted, you should start to get some rest.

 

Wait, wait, wait....

You were a monk IIRC, shouldn't you be used to mornings, especially early ones?

Besides, your a Dad, therefore you have no choice but to be a morning, afternoon, and evening person. Those little people demand alot of attention, don't they?

 

Speaking of which...I looked at your child's picture, Ted. The one where you were both in fuzzy hats. She is going to be strong willed. (I don't think that is bad.) Got your chin. Looks like a sunny disposition, though. Best combination imo.

 

Oops, sorry. Thanks for the info. Hope I didn't stir up any bad feelings between you friars and the monks. Last thing we need is another holy war!

 

When we used to go ftx's for 3-4 days straight with no sleep, the Army would give us these pills that had dexedrine and something else. Pharmeceuticals dispensed by an E-7. They kept you awake and alert for quite some time. But when they wore off, you basically did a face plant.

Since they wouldn't last for the entire patrol, I learned to delay taking them until I was really fatigued. Then I learned to never take them, though I saved them as back up.

From this I learned to take little 5-20 minute naps when I could. When I awoke, my heart would accelerate and blood pressure go up for a few seconds, giving me the energy to get going. (This will probably be what kills me some morning.)

I still do this now. At school, a lot of the profs have couches in their offices, or go out to their cars. The brain uses enormous amounts of energy.

There are other methods besides naps. Caffeine, in moderation, works. It has a half-life of about 4 hours in the blood stream. Sugar doesn't work, your glucose levels crash after a while. Longer naps will do the same thing. You'll wake up sluggish.

A half hour of moderate exercise will usually keep you revved up for a few hours.

The main component of keeping functional while sleep-deprived is practice. The body and mind will pretty much go where you take them.

 

I have never been able to do this. I crash hard, when I finally do.

Not in mine. I can't take caffeine in the afternoon (well...my equivalent of the afternoon). I switch to sparkling water. Peach is my favorite.

Off-topic, here. But did you know that the scent of peaches can actually make you euphoric? Very short high, but a high never-the-less.

 

You can always try warming up your car during freezing weather. Nothing wakes you up like a killer wind chill.

 

Not meaning to get back to feminist controversies, but women do this all the time. There are surveys somewhere that show that most women (with children) are constantly fatigued. Many adopt to it so well, that they don't realize they are fatigued.

I don't know how they do it...really, I don't...but most of the men I have known have never had a problem falling asleep...conk out like a light. (Except once, for one who could evidently read my mind and was worried that I was going to kill him.):dead:

Forced marches, huh? Into weird stuff, Gaear?:gotmyatte