Is Sleeping 14 Hours After Night Shifts Normal?

[tribdog]

I just slept for 14 hours straight. I haven't done that in years. I had been getting by on about 4 or5 hours a night for the last couple of weeks, but 14 is a bit ridiculous wouldn't you say?

 

[Moonbear]

Yeah, geez, and I thought it was bad that I slept until noon! That was, hmm, well, probably 9 hours. It's disorienting when you sleep that much; weird to nearly miss the whole day, isn't it?

 

[tribdog]

Dreaming of you makes a body not want to wake.

 

[Moonbear]

Dreaming of you makes a body not want to wake.

And lying next to me makes a body not want to sleep. A bit of a conundrum you have there.

 

[tribdog]

conundrum is such a cool word. I might actually go out into the real world for a couple hours and see if I can use it in a sentence a couple of times.

 

[Moonbear]

LOL! I was very pleased to have an opportunity to use it myself. Sort of rolls off the tongue quite nicely.

 

[tribdog]

one thing about sleeping 14 hours straight, my breath is killing me. wow, I got to go brush me teeth.

 

[Moonbear]

Too much information!

 

[tribdog]

no, I'm being serious, smell your monitor, I'll breathe on mine..hhhhhhaaaaaaaaa...horrible isn't it.

 

[tribdog]

did your eyes water?

 

[Moonbear]

[cough] [gasp] Why do I listen to you?

 

[tribdog]

I'm going back to bed. Just got up and flipped on the light and the light bulb blew.

 

[Moonbear]

I bet even the college students here can't manage to be that much of a slug! Wow, sleep 14 hours, then go back to bed because it's too much trouble to change a light bulb.

I'm trying to remember if it was a Dilbert cartoon that said something like, "The only cure for sleeping too much is to go back to bed."

 

[JasonRox]

I was working midnights during the summer, and sometimes you would only get like 5 hours sleep in 3 days for some unknown reason. After that you go to bed, you wake up not knowing what day it is or if its 2 in the morning or afternoon. Good god, night shifts mess you up!