I embarked on a 9 hour road trip from Virginia to Michigan the day before Thanksgiving. I wasn’t too worried about it since I knew there would be rest stops along the way and I could definitely get my naps in. But it started out much harder than I expected.
I left around 4am. I felt fine for a good while right up until my 6am naptime. I came across a rest area in Pennsylvania right near 6 and slept for about 20 minutes.
When I woke up, the sun was rising. I hit the road again feeling refreshed. But about two hours later, I started feeling really drowsy. I found myself nodding off once or twice and realized I had to do something in order to not plow into the back of a 18 wheeler.
Oddly enough, around that same time, my sister sent me a text telling me to call her if I get sleepy. I called her INSTANTLY and we talked for about an hour or so until it was almost my naptime again.
After that nap, I felt a lot better and was able to make it the rest of the way with no problems. I didn’t get caught in any traffic at all. I wonder if I had to go 10-20 miles an hour, would I have become sleepy again and nodded off in the middle of the freeway.
Hopefully I’ll never know.
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