The Day I Woke Up As A T-Rex

Yes, that was me earlier this week.

I fell asleep as a man, and woke up as a T-Rex.

As in... my arms were completely useless to me.

You see, I have trouble sleeping on the road.  I don't know if it's the strange bed, strange environment or what.  I toss, I turn, and I get on-and-off insomnia.

The other night, I took some melatonin with a beer chaser.  It knocked me out.  I fell asleep with my arms above my head, and stayed in that position all night.

When I woke up, my arms were completely numb.

(And it took me a few seconds to fully wake up enough to realize it..)

I use my phone as an alarm clock, and it has a 'slide to turn off' function.

Alarm goes off.

I roll towards the phone.  I try to turn it off, and my arms flail.

I reach, I paw, I try to turn off the alarm, and I just can't do it.  My alarm also has a 'get louder gradually' function, and it was getting louder and louder.

And, as the blood started flowing back into my limbs, I started to hurt.  IT STUNG.

Arms still flailing, I finally turn off the alarm.

With my nose.

About a minute later, my arms are back to normal (a little tingly, but normal enough) and I go about my day.

I am very very glad I was alone and on the road when that happened.  If my girlfriend was there and witnessed my struggles, I'd never live it down.

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