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Let's Try This Again, Shall We?

 I am extremely new to the idea of internet blogging, I won't lie. I just had a beautifully written piece in front of me, all ready to be shared with the world (or at least my psychology class) and then it was gone. Poof. Gone. My links are gone. Everything is gone and I'm annoyed, but I suppose that's part of what this is about. Sleep deprivation can cause a lot of really unpleasant side effects. These include trouble focusing and problem solving, mood swings and irritability, weight gain and other realities of impaired health.  I consider myself to be chronically sleep deprived at this point. I am a mother of five kids. I have five dogs, including an eight month old puppy. I also have a husband who has sleep apnea (see: snoring) and has a tendency to move about the bed a lot during the night.- The bed that we share with two of our dogs, a black lab and a golden retriever.  Even if you asked me to, I couldn't pinpoint the exact month or even year that I started to real