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Have you
ever experienced a time when you were super tired, but you didn’t realize how
tired until you sat still for a few moments? It happened to me at my son’s
appointment. I knew the appointment would take about an hour. I was prepared
with reading materials to occupy my time.
After a
while, I felt my eyelids getting heavy. They slowly closed like window shades
being pulled down. The next thing I knew my head was hanging to one side,
suspended until I rolled it in the other direction.
My son later
told me that my mouth was open with slight sounds emitting from the hollow
opening. I had fallen into a snoring state. Snoring Beauty. Except that I was
far from being a beauty at that moment.
This was not
the first time I had fallen asleep in public. This incident just reminded me
exhaustion can take over your body at any time. Here are five signs of a tired
parent.
1. Falling asleep at a basketball game –
yes this is possible to do.
2. Falling asleep with a book on your
chest – this can happen when you stay up late to read after putting the kids to
bed.
3. Nodding off during a meeting –
perhaps you stayed up too late reading a good book.
4. Mismatched attire – I wear bright
colored ankle socks around the house. One morning as I hurried out of the house
I just slipped my shoes on, grabbed my lunch and was on my way. When I sat down to
read a story to a group of kindergarteners I realized I had on fluorescent green
socks. Nothing else that I wore had a semblance of green in it.
5. You make it to your bedroom, but fall
asleep on top of the covers.
If you’re
ever looking for a fun picture book, I came across one titled, Snoring Beauty by Bruce Hale. It’s a fairytale
spin of Sleeping Beauty. The illustrations are colorful and of course I like
the title. Ok, that’s the end of my commercial break. Back to the conclusion of
this blog post.
If you fall asleep in a public place hopefully your mouth is closed and you are not a snoring beauty. What happens when you are tired? Have you ever fallen asleep in an odd place?
