I've been real tired. The kind of tired the main character from Fight Club experienced: "You never really asleep or awake." I haven't been able to focus for more than a few minutes let alone hack out an entry for months so sorry for the internet silence.

One of the many reasons you get married because you know there's some one who cares more about you then yourself. This is true with Crystal. I might have gone another 6 years with out going to the doctor (I get nervous in hospitals and doctor's offices) but she asked me to go when she said I had stopped breathing multiple times in the night for brief periods of time. That paired with my not being able to remember the last time I slept for more than a few hours I agreed and off we went.

After an hour or so in a hospital cover I my doctor suggested I get a sleep study done. I made my appointment and last month I went down Saint's Memorial in Lowell for my test. Upon arriving I was told to sit and watch a video all about what they were testing me for. Part of it went something like this:

"Most sleep study centers have rooms that look much like hotel rooms. These rooms are designed to help you feel comfortable during you monitoring session."

After which they lead me to a room that was much like a pale green colored hospital room. This room was designed to feel like it housed mental patients.

I sat in a chair for about 10 minutes while they stuck wires all over my body. The technicians were very nice people and assured me the 20 or so wires and large bundle coming out of the back of my head would not disturb my sleep at all and to ignore the camera mounted on the ceiling as it was just for monitoring purposes.

I slept lightly. I felt that there was no way they could have gotten an accurate reading and wondered why they placed the sleep center above the ambulance entrance for the ER. I woke up and went to check out. I asked how it went and they explained to me that they couldn't tell me.

A few weeks passed until Sunday night when they called and said I need to be fitted for a breathing masking that should help the airflow as I sleep as I have sleep apnea. I'm not really looking forward to this but if it means a good night's sleep I could really use it.