Sleeping on the Subway

I'm a subway sleeper.  I think it's something about the rumbling that gets me, but a subway ride has always been my time to close my eyes and recharge.  I find them to be very calming.

I've only missed my stop twice, both times in high school (a time in my life where I was utterly sleep deprived).  But I did have a couple of funny experiences.  One time, on the way to school I feel asleep standing up, holding onto a railing with both hands.  Usually when you fall asleep you're still conscious and can hear the stops, but this was an all out dreaming sleep, standing up, on a moving subway.  Suddenly, I dreamt that I had been smacked hard across the face by someone, and I woke up instantly.  In my slumber it seems, my head had fallen forward and I had smacked my face into the poll, extremely hard.  Everyone was looking, so I closed my eyes again and pretended to sleep.

The next time was on my way home from basketball practice one evening, again absolutely exhausted, but this time luckily sitting.  I would often get the nods when sitting, up and down, up and down.  But this time I feel asleep and the next thing I knew I was waking up with my head bent to the right on some old ladies shoulder.  She wasn't moving and it was extremely comfortable.  I looked up at her and said 'Oh wow I'm really sorry,' but then she replied, 'don't worry about it, you looked tired and comfortable, so I thought I'd let you sleep.'

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