I first discovered my "road narcolepsy" when I first began to drive.
No, not when I was forced to get my license at 18. Nope.
I first was forced to drive a tractor at age 14, to plow the field of a friend of my step-father. For free.
Basically, it was a hot summer day, driving under the sun with the hot engine exhaust blowing in my face. (This was a tractor with no cab or wind-shield of any kind.) I began to get more and more tired, and before you know it, I was asleep.
I'd wake up after a little while, and slap my face to wake up. This helped, for about 25 seconds.
Later, I woke up, and then realized that I was towing a barbed wire fence, fence posts and all! I'd driven though the fence and drug it about a half-mile.
Needless to say, I was not paid for my labors.
- Daniel
