I need some sleep

I did a sleep test last night (and it was an all nighter) and this is how I went to bed.
Man am I tired.

I had to sleep on my back because sleeping on my side was a little tough. And because sleep apnea normally occurs when you're on your back and your tongue muscle relaxes and blocks your windpipe.

So I did this to check if I was suffering from sleep apnea or something else. So they monitor my body movements, breathing, blood pressure, heart rate and my brainwaves throughout the night.

It takes about 30 mins to get wired up. My appointment for the test was 8pm. I got there early and no one was there so I went to eat at Eastern Legend dumpling house. It was formerly a restaurant makeover place that went under after the make over. Pretty good. I would go back. Place looks smaller than on TV.

So I checked in at 8:20pm with my last Harry Potter book in hand. I didn't get wired up and to bed until 11pm. So you know your tax dollars are working and reducing process times.

This is my bed. They gave me the gurney. Every other room at the clinic I noticed had a double with mattress and box spring.
I wasn't the only one there in the clinic, it was a full house. Figures they gave the asian the friggin hospital bed. Cause they probably assumed I slept on a futon or a benig. Man, I'm westernized.

At least it wasn't that fold out chair I got when we were at Women's College 4 years ago.

This was my air conditioning unit. I think it more like the fan in our convection oven. I was okay to start but later that night, I was sweating and parched. The room was so dry. I thought the heater was on. But it wasn't even on. It was just how it was.
I think that's the test. If you can sleep through these conditions. You have no sleep problems.
It was a good thing I had water beside my bed.


So I went to bed at 11pm.
I woke up with a pasty mouth at 2am. And I was sweating. I buzzed the technician to see if they can turn down the heat. Hmm...heater wasn't even on. I knew I was in for a rough night. I had only 4-1/2 hrs to go.
After adjusting my fan and taking in some water, I woke up again at 5:30am to pee.
I was thinking, my god, I'm so tired and thirsty and I can't even go to the can because I'm wired up. So I buzzed again to get unhooked.
I was given the option to finish the test now if I didn't think I could go back to sleep or keep going. I didn't want to wake up Tresa and Kieran so I opted to try and sleep some more.

I slept until around 7am. He said he didn't wake me up at 6:30am because I was in REM sleep.
Whatever state I was in. It wasn't restful.

And they had to shave my head to put in the electrodes on my forehead.
Oh wait...that's just my receding hairline. I wasn't sure how many leads were monitoring my brain but there's quite a few.
Must be because of my big brain.
And I didn't know if that goop was going to come out of my hair or not. But after shampooing a few times it was all out.

So anyways, the technician said I snored, but didn't have sleep apnea, but I moved every 10 minutes and I didn't remain in state 3 and 4 which is deep sleep very long. Which is the primary reason why I'm suffering from tiredness. Now I'm even more tired from doing this test in a dehydrator.

Oh well...there's a Tim Hortons downstairs. That'll fix it.

I need some sleep - the Eels