Sleep Driving

I mainly work the midnight shift. I usually have no trouble staying awake all night, however this was not the case the other night. I was working a 16 (16 hour shift), and I had not had a chance to take a nap beforehand. I decided to go tuck away someplace for a while to take a nap. There is a place behind a local bank which is a great place to disappear for an hour or two if needed. Again, this is not an every night occurrence, but it does happen.

This is a common place for many who are working to take a quick power nap for a hour. There are two parking lots at this bank, each is visible by the other. The two are separated by just a thin row of trees.

So, the other night I crept into one of the lots to get a quick wink. A co-worker of mine was in the second lot doing the same. At some point during the night, something woke me...well...sort of. I'm not sure what it was, but I woke up, and for some reason decided I needed to move my car. I don't really know what possessed me to do this, but I started driving my car around the parking lot. I then back the car into a parking spot, then turned around and went back to where I originally was, and went back to my nap.

So I didn't actually realize I did this, until the morning, and I still had no idea why I did it. I was basically 'sleep driving'. Which is a safe activity.

That morning, I was talking to my co-worker, who was in the next lot. He said to me, "what was up with you\ and the sirens last night?" I asked him what he was talking about to which he answered, "at like 5 in the morning you turned on the sirens, that was you at the bank, wasn't it?" Yup, it was me....apparently when I was on my little joy ride through the parking lot, I decided to turn on the sirens. That a great way to keep a low profile.