Some of my friends, on the other hand, have the opposite problem.  One of my best friends can hardly sleep a whole night through because she wakes up so easily.  On top of it all, her neighbor parks in front of her house and idles his really loud Volkswagen bus.

My mom suffers from insomnia — she has a hard time falling asleep because she starts thinking and worrying, and she wakes up easily as well.  I don’t know how I got so lucky as to miss out on that gene!

My dad, on the other hand, I rather suspect suffers from some sleep apnea.  He snores a lot at night, and when the snoring stops at intervals, I wonder if it’s because he’s stopped breathing altogether for a moment.  He would probably benefit quite a bit from a CPAP machine, also known as a sleep apnea machine, which keeps the person’s airway open so that they don’t stop breathing at night.

When I hear about all these people with sleep disorders, I am so glad that my biggest problem is sleeping TOO much.  Hey, it make running my own business somewhat challenging when I sleep in, but I’ll take that any day over not getting enough sleep!

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