Longing For Sleep It's Two O'clock in the morning as I'm writing this. The longer I live, the more I observe how often people struggle with exhaustion. I can't count on two hands how many conversations I have had with people experiencing burnout, or fatigue. Yet so often, it is a season; it comes and goes with the passage of a few days. For me though, it may be an even more prevalent reality than is usual, since I have sleep apnea and I have worked the night shift for about seven years. Truth is, the reach of profound tiredness stretches far back into my past. During high school, I fell out of my chair during driver's ed class, fast asleep as I dropped from my seat. The driver's ed instructor said I twitched when I hit the floor. I was one of the top graded students in his class, but he told my mom he was concerned about me. In college, I couldn't keep my eyes open during class, and nearby classmates would take pictures of me with my head p