
He had taken one of the tables the cursebreakers used and was busy scribbling orders and signing various documents needed for the Dragoons. Perfect weather for a stroll if anyone was awake for it. The breeze was soft and calm, a pleasant coolness to the otherwise warm air. It was dark but a cloudless night with a bright moon, albeit without Metia now.

He keeps his voice low, but friendly, hoping to mask just how uneasy he truly is.] he doesn't want to be alone with his thoughts. He might not want to be a bother to the party as a whole, but at the same time. He's not far from the camp when he spots Astarion, and though it crosses Gale's mind that he might be hunting, he can't help but approach. Better to not wake anyone else with his problems he's causing their little band enough trouble as it is just by being there, being a threat arguably as bad as the tadpoles swimming around in their skulls. Hoping a walk might help him clear his head enough to get some shut-eye, he slips from his tent and meanders away from the lights of the camp. It's getting to the morning that's the current issue. It's been getting worse, but that's a thought he's not sure he's ready to contemplate again just yet - it'll keep until morning. He'd thought the magic he absorbed from that ring three days prior would be enough to keep him going for a while, but the hunger is already back, demanding more and more and more. It's been unusually worrying this evening, the ever-present, gnawing hunger painful as it claws at his ribs and scrapes at his sternum. [Gale stirs in his tent for what feels like the hundredth time that night, still left in the company of his waking thoughts he can't put them to rest any sooner than himself, not with the orb throbbing heavily in his chest. Alex had been content to nurse his drinks and read in some small out-of-the-way booth until closing hour, but ends up surprised to be putting down his field guide to watch the last performer, fascinated. It definitely earns more money as a music venue than it does with its menu, but it's still a quiet night, even with the draw of live entertainment. He ends up at the kind of quaint little pub that can't lay claim to being Irish or English so much as an American attempt to approximate an imaginary "British" uniculture that doesn't exist anywhere on UK or Irish soil. He'd thought that the quick nap he'd caught on his lunch break would be enough, but at the end of the day, a couple hours after zoo closing and his more mundane field reports had been finished, he'd fallen asleep at his desk and woken up late enough into the evening to know it would be easier to stay up until morning than wake anyone at home up by coming in this late. If you're looking for a real solution for lack of sleep, check out Dream Lab! Designed for babies 4 to 12 months, Dream Lab is a convenient online sleep program that gives you personalized sleep plans, video tutorials, and access to live support from sleep experts.Alex's current state isn't so much insomnia as some strange self-imposed, stationary jet lag brought on by a sleepless night in the field collecting samples of nocturnal species of tree frickens to get a rough idea of their local population numbers. Like the real paparazzi, you have to stay alert no matter how tired you are. It can't hurt to try and negotiate with the little human in charge of your sleep schedule! 10. It's terrifying how one wrong step can cost you hours of lost sleep. The bedtime paranoia is REAL when you're a new parent. Sometimes your sleep-deprivation can make you get. How can we contact the scientists in charge of this experiment and tell them their theory is wrong? 6.

You know you're sleep-deprived when you start to envy your fetal self. There's no moment more painful than when you finally get in bed but have to set your alarm for mere hours later. Babies have a real talent for knowing exactly when you're about to try and get some shut-eye. Your kids may have given you the illusion that you're in charge but secretly, they pull the strings.Ģ. So if you're finally sitting down at the end of the day browsing the internet before bed, keep those tired eyes open just a little longer to laugh at these 10 Funny Memes for the Sleep-Deprived Parent.ġ.

And they like your bed better than theirs. Toddlers are debatably worse than babies, because they have the freedom to get out of bed. But what nobody tells you is that it doesn't end with babies. Everyone knows that new parents are sleep-deprived.
