Though I constantly use the so-called saying "you can sleep when you're dead!" when trying to get friends up and out...I am also guilty of loving sleep. A little too often, a little too long, a little too much.
I think I even wrote one of those French Immersion grade 4 speeches about the beloved subject!
Quick facts of the day:
1. Able to tell if someone is really awake without close medical supervision? Impossible! People can take cat naps with their eyes open without even being aware of it. Take 5 seconds to think about THAT in your next meeting!
2. Seventeen hours of sustained wakefulness leads to a decrease in performance equivalent to a blood alcohol-level of 0.05%. A good thing when you are having a REALLY good weekend, not so good when the work week gets so hectic that days get extended past 17 hours!
3. (Normal) humans sleep on average around 3 hours less than other primates like chimps, rhesus monkeys, squirrel monkeys, babboons (and boyfriends), all of whom sleep for 10 hours. I may have added the bracketed items but they are tried, tested and true!
4. Snoring occurs only in non-REM sleep. This is a shout-out to friends. There are many of you. You know who you are! ;)
5. Ducks at risk of attack by predators are able to balance the need for sleep and survival, keeping one half of the brain awake while the other slips into sleep mode. No comment. Well actually not true - if you have a kid, know a kid or just like acting like a kid you should go out and purchase "hop like a bunny, waddle like a duck"...tape and book combo...you'll love it!
http://www.abc.net.au/science/sleep/facts.htm - if you need 35 other facts!
Sweet Dreams!
x's & o's,
LB
Currently listening: If I were a Man - PCD
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