1) Unintended/ "unexpected" microsleep last thursday.
BAD BAD BAD BAD BAD
Admittedly the few times it happened before (both pre upsf and currently), i was VERY tired and struggling to stay awake so it was not so "unexpected." And during those times i would likely find a place to pull over and sleep, or was in the process of doing so.
However, last thurs morning, i was feeling "just fine," but it still happened; If you could imagine your computer screen just going down, for a sec, then coming right back up, that is what it was like, sort of.
After thinking about it, i realized that i had only gotten about 5 hours of sleep during the day (thurs) before coming on duty. And, while i got 8 hours the previous day, perhaps that sleep wasn't as high-quality as i thought? (likely so, compared to nightime sleep?)
So, while i physically felt "just fine," and not sleepy (so i thought), i was really tired without realizing it?
i feel that the only real way to cure tiredness/sleepiness is to get sleep. So, friday i pulled over(this was AFTER i left the hub) and napped for about 3 hours even though i was not struggling to stay awake. Although apparently i WAS tired if i was able to sleep for 3 hours....... Only waking up due to alarm because if i had slept more, then i would have run out of the 16 hours available.
We
MUST to continue to discuss this very important topic in depth! This was
VERY FRIGHTENING because, as i said, i
DID NOT feel sleepy at all when it happened!!! This was the first, and hopefully last, time this has ever happened to me.
2) Have not had to sleep in a hotel for over 2 weeks, but perhaps this is not such a good thing after all (see above)?