Good thing I don't sleep naked

My insomnia's been in check lately...and luckily it's been a while since I've had to get up in the middle of the night to pee, as well. Thus not having to deal with the whole "To flush or not to flush" situation either. I'm happy, the cat's happy, life is swell. Then, as luck would have it, the last two nights, I'm up at some ridiculous hour trying to estimate - without using too much brain power, because then I might wake myself up too much - just how serious the state of emergen-pee is. Do I HAVE to get up or can I maybe risk trying to hold it until a less ridiculous hour of the morning. I had to get up. Then I decided I was hungry. Then I was wide awake, with nothing to do at 4:20 in the morning. Hmmmm, just then I got an idea. A couple of tasty hits later, and accidentally dumping the contents of the pipe in my bed...I happened upon this in the Oddly Enough section of Reuters:


LONDON (Reuters) - A surge in naked sleepwalking among guests has led one of Britain's largest budget hotel groups to re-train staff to handle late-night nudity.

Travelodge, which runs more than 300 business hotels in Britain, says sleepwalking rose seven-fold in the past year, and 95 percent of the somnambulants are scantily clad men.

"We have seen an increased number of cases over the years so it is important that our staff know how to help sleepwalking when it arises," Leigh McCarron, the chain's sleep director, said in a statement.

One tip in the company's newly released "sleepwalkers guide" tells staff to keep towels handy at the front desk in case a customer's dignity needs preserving.


The company said naked wanderers often ask receptionists such questions as "Where's the bathroom?," "Do you have a newspaper?" or "Can I check out, I'm late for work?"

Studies have found that sleepwalking can be brought on by stress, alcohol, eating cheese or consuming too much caffeine. It generally takes effect an hour or two after going to bed, when people are first slipping into a deep sleep.

Asked Thursday why she thought 95 percent of its sleepwalkers were naked men, a Travelodge spokeswoman said: "We have more men staying with us than women, so that could be a factor."



AND THEN...

I ran across this:




Manned Cloud Hotel: The Way of the Future
POSTED: Thursday, October 25, 2007
FROM BLOG: The Informed Traveler - Luxury Hotels


It's a bird, it's a plane, it's a… flying whale in the sky! In fact, this enormous whale will be an eco-hotel, an environmentally-sensitive air-ship that cruises the earth. The mastermind behind the Manned Cloud? Jean-Marie Massaud, the brilliant designer who used to work with Philippe Starck and who was named Designer of the Year at last year's Salon du Meuble in Paris. His dream– a unique, helium-filled hotel from where you can appreciate the most marvelous views of Earth– could be realized as soon as next year.


Imagine the sleep I'd get up there and when can I make a reservation?

Sweet dreams everybody...