[expomeHattePe]

Gday!
Today I had something interesting happen to me. I work night shift. Quite often I will find my sleep sacrifices as a result of daily activities, family functions etc...
I had worked the whole night, was part way through the afternoon. Lay down for a quick nap. I am to attend a family dinner tonight. I had only had about 1 hours sleep before it was time for my wife and son to wake me up.
During the day when I sleep I use ear plugs and a face mask extensively. I find when I sleep with ear plugs in, my ears almost shut down. Literally to the point where I have trouble hearing when I get up.
My Wife often lets my son in the room when its time to wake up(17 months) He'll touch my arm... climb up on the bed etc. I found myself aware of their presence... but my body was shut down!!! When my son first started touching me... I had split awareness between the dream state i was experiencing and the fact that my son was touching my arm. I didn't see them.. as much as felt them.
No sooner did my son started to touch me and my nervous system began waking up again. At first I hardly felt his touch.. and it started to grow. After about 10 seconds I regained motor ability... however my eyes and ears were still shut down. When I pulled my ear plugs out I could hardly hear.. when my mask came off I could hardly see....
It took a good 10 minutes before I felt.. 'seated' in my own body.. I woke up so fast that I didn't get a chance for the memory download to take place.. as a result my dream/OOB is very much ghosted over...
I was very cool because i think it does illustrate how our mind kinda goes somewhere else when we sleep!!!