I'm Reevaluating My Position On Sleep

One of my oft-uttered sayings is that "sleep is for the weak." Well, this weekend has caused me to reevaluate that position a little bit. I may still say it, but I won't mean it. After we were done rockin the Fly, a bunch of us stuck around to see the Five Dollar Friend set and get paid. That put me getting back home at around 1am and into bed around 1:30, and I had to get up at 6:30am the next morning to drive all the way down to the airport with Brian to pick up our rental vans for the 2nd Annual YSA Memorial Day Campout. An hour and fifteen minute drive on four and a half hours of sleep. Probably not the wisest plan of action.

The campout was really fun, though. We didn't have as much time this year, but we had enough time to play a rousing game of "Have You Ever?", have a campfire to make s'mores, do some hiking, play a lot of Phase 10, and just have some good bonding time. The weather was beautiful and we didn't have a drop of rain until about an hour before we were ready to leave. The weekend was just awesome and it was a blast and a half.

The only downside was that whole sleep thing. My lower back has been bothering me for a few days now and sleeping outside in a tent didn't do it one bit of good. I don't sleep very well in a new place anyway and sleeping outside on uneven ground is pretty much the worst. So, I was already exhausted from a lack of sleep the night before and had fitful sleep on Saturday night. When I woke up, my back was really tight and sore and it took me a little bit to be able to get up and work out the kinks. Getting to sleep in my own bed last night for a good, solid eight hours was glorious and I slept so hard that I barely moved in my bed.

Thus, I have come to the conclusion that I need sleep just like everybody else and I guess according to my own mantra, that makes me one of the weak ones. If that's the case, then so be it.

But I'm still going to say it.