Sleep deprivation will turn you into warm Jello. You become this semi-gelatinous blob oozing through the house - more than the usual, anyway. Lucidity slowly sneaks away until you start wondering around the house with your arms outstretched shouting "Brains!" in a low, raspy growl until your wife tells you to stop because you are scaring the grandkids and to go back to your computer and shut up.
Seriously, I was unable to sleep from Thursday morning when I went to work until this morning at round 5 AM. I slept until noon. Every time I tried to sleep, the pain would come back within a few seconds. I literally had to keep the left side of my mouth bathed in ice water or it would feel like someone was pounding red hot nails into my jaw using a sixteen pound sledge. Percocet and Ibuprofen were about as good at controlling the pain as taking a hand full of M&Ms.
I'm still not 100%, but I can at least function now and Brains don't seem to be as appetizing as they did last night. I have a dental appointment tomorrow at 3 PM so I assume I'll be out for that evening as well, but for now, I'm doing better.
VW
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