FC Update #11

Mrs. Manitou Reporting 3-11-10 3:51pm
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DEFINING SLEEP DEPRIVATION when paddling
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The degree of sleepiness experienced by a paddler depends not only upon the quantity of sleep, but also upon its quality and timing.
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Quantity of sleep — It is often difficult to determine what constitutes a normal quantity of sleep for a given individual. Two simple approaches to answering this question have been proposed:
Determining how long a paddler would sleep if left to awaken spontaneously. / Or scream shark in his ear to watch his hastened response. :-)
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The goal of sleep is to have the paddler awaken refreshed and be capable of moving through the day feeling alert without effort, even when placed in boring or monotonous situations like paddling with Toby. :-)
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This sense of easy alertness should be distinguished from the pressured type of alertness when barreling down an 8' wave into a coral head. Enter The Manitou Case #1
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Case #1
Manitou may be sleep deprived. He lost his life jacket this morning (weird when he was wearing it just a second ago) and he just dropped his phone in the water and has lost cell coverage. :-/
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Mrs. Manitou called to update after a collect call from Mark.
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Our next test will be going into a retail AT&T store to p/u a new phone all stinky and salty and not getting hauled off to the hoosegow as a vagrant.
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The Captain Reporting
"Now where the heck are my keys"