HAHAHA your drugs have no effect on me!

As I blogged yesterday, I had a 6am meeting today at work. Neither of us were very tired and didn't get to bed until shortly after midnight. I laid down, got comfortable, and after a few minutes I realized that I wasn't tired and there was no way I was going to fall asleep.

The music of Bob Marley always relaxes me and puts me in a calm mood, so I tried listening to his music in my head, but to no avail. I got up, took a swig of Nyquil and watched the History Channel for an hour. This combination is deadly for me, as Nyquil or History Channel by itself can lull me to sleep within 30 minutes. Don't get me wrong, I love the History Channel, but the guy that narrates the show Modern Marvels has such a soothing voice, it puts me right out.

I started feeling a bit drowsy after an hour of being subjected to a show about swords, axes, and knives, so back to bed I went. 20 minutes later I was not asleep and didn't feel any sign of it coming, so I said to myself, "Screw it, I'll just stay up!"

By this time it was around 2:30am and I had a 5am wake-up time, so I just decided to play some video games until I had to go to work. Had a full day, 6am to 2:15pm, and I got through it just fine. Here it is, almost 30 hours since I last slept, and I really don't feel any more sleepy than I normally would in the evening after a full day of work.

I really have no idea how my body rejected the coma-inducing effects of Nyquil and the hypnotic narration on the History Channel. Perhaps my body was going into overtime processing the massive amount of Taco Bell I had for lunch yesterday and it was not done when it was bedtime. Perhaps this experiment should be tested again under more controlled circumstances.

I just know I'm going to read this post after a good night's sleep and realize that right now as I write this, I am stark raving mad!