I really had no energy today when the clock hit 4am and the sun started to rise. Now I would simplify the previous sentence by saying "when I woke up". But here's the thing: I didn't wake up. I didn't go to sleep.

So you can probably guess I was a bit delirious.

Anyway, when 6am rolled around I decided that maybe a quick shower could wake me up and maybe I could start my day like a normal fully-functioning human being.

It didn't. I flopped back on my bed as soon as I was done. I don't remember much of what happened next, I don't even remember what kind of crazy dream I had

When my sister woke me up, she instantly thought it was suspicious that I was sleeping on top of the covers. It was even more suspicious when I instantly sat up after being lightly tapped on the shoulder. Due to my lack of sleep, my eyes were red.

My sister figured No, it can't be drugs, that would be way too out of character for her.

So she decided to try and talk to me. "Hey, you good? Why were you sleeping on top of the covers?"

And I responded with the last thing I remembered happening. Which was my dream.

"There's a f***ing lion in the kitchen"

Alarmed, my sister started demanding answers as to why I was sleeping on top of the covers, trying to gather clues. It was at this moment, that I woke up (slightly), and asked myself How did I get into this conversation?

Feeling like I just fell into this situation, I concluded that sleep deprivation must have caused me to black out. Eventually, my sister had to leave for classes, allowing me to process and think about the question that now floated in my mind: what the fresh bloody heck just happened? 

After five minutes I came to the conclusion that there was no lion in the kitchen, or anywhere for that matter.

It's been ten minutes and now I was pondering about how I seemed to just pop into that interaction with my sister. How'd that happen? Also where did I get the lion from?

Fifteen. I still can't figure it out.

Twenty minutes. It took me twenty minutes to realise I didn't black out. I fell asleep, dreamed of a lion in the kitchen, and when my sister shook me awake, I was so confused, I thought the lion was real.

Don't do drugs kids, sometimes you don't even need them.