This week, in particular, I have woken without feeling refreshed, even if I did not feel like I could fall back asleep. My mornings have thus felt like I've been walking through a fog that places a pressure around my head. Even coffee has not managed to lift that weight as it has been able to do in the past.
Nor am I the only one feeling this way. A number of people at school have expressed a similar fatigue and a lack of restful sleep. It reminds me of that Star Trek episode where the crew is being deprived of their REM sleep. I wonder if some alien species is trying to get in contact with us ...
As I said, last night was better. Perhaps that's a sign that my sleep is on the mend. Maybe the aliens already succeeded in making the contact they required.