Yawn

I don't know if this is a medical condition or not, but I cannot stay awake for any amount of time to read a book. It doesn't matter how much sleep I've had , or the amount of coffee I've consumed, when I sit down to read something, I start to doze off. I really hate it when I do the big, open mouthed, cobra yawn, and spray venomous saliva all over what I'm reading. And it's not just books! I can be sitting at the computer screen, and my eyelids will start to feel as if I have something slowly tugging them downward. Next thing you know, I look like a professional boxer, bobbing and weaving. I kind of have to laugh at myself when I've drifted, and then out of nowhere, I let out one decibel shattering SNORE, and wake myself up! This is great fodder for my family to get in a few pokes at the old man. So, when family and friends start talking about the literature they've read lately, and how good it was, I feel a little left out of the party. I hate it when they look at me like I've read the same thing they have, and they give me that look like, you have to agree with me because you've certainly read that, right? It makes me feel like when I was in school and I didn't finish my homework, and the teacher gave me one of those looks of utter disappointment. I am a good listener though. Maybe all you bookworms out there would be willing to humor me, and we could have story time:)