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It’s true. I have often been asked ‘how do you get so much done? Do you not sleep at all?’ The answer was revealed to me years ago when a woman in my guild said she had figured it out – she had decided that she was my sleep surrogate. What a concept. I get to stay up to the wee hours and do my work. She goes to bed early and sleeps for both of us.

So lately, I’ve been plain exhausted. Deeply tired. I’m still getting some stuff done, but not to my normal level and it’s a push to keep going. what the heck is that all about? I kept trying to convince myself that it was the new job, the change in working hours, the change in seasons. none of that made a lot of sense to me.

Finally I realized tonight – it’s my sleep surrogate’s fault! She must be staying out and partying til the wee hours herself and not sleeping for me. This means that I’m sleeping for two myself now. That stinks! After the meeting I told her my conclusions and that I didn’t think it was really all that fair that she was having all this fun and I might even have to go out and find myself a new sleep surrogate if that continues.

Luckily she laughed. And then she told me that I was the fifth person she knew who was describing this deep tiredness. We talked some more and decided that it was probably all related to September 11th, and hopefully would pass with time. In the meantime, I hope she understood my need for her to take afternoon naps on my behalf for awhile!