Sleep - perchance to dream

I decided that if an earthquake ever hit while I was sleeping, I would probably sleep right through it, and that's from my years of sleeping on a truck.
No, we don't stay in motel rooms. It seems almost silly to me that people would even think we did that. How many trucks do you see parked behind Motel 6? (Since, if we did, that's all we could afford.)
As a team, we keep the truck moving as much as possible so most of our sleep time is when the truck is rolling down the road. It's hard to find a comparison for those who have never experienced what it's like to ride in a truck. Imagine four-wheeling over mountain dirt roads, and then imagine sleeping as you are traveling over mountain dirt roads. With rocks. And potholes.
Anyone that questions whether or not this country's road systems are in bad shape, spend a few days out there. The country's road systems are in bad shape.
Back to sleeping. While one driver drives, the other driver is trying to sleep. The trick is to get into the rhythm of the bumps. If you can ride with it, like a surfer riding the waves, it can lull you into sleep and once in oblivion, it's not a bad ride. Some roads are smoother than others and so it is easier to get into the groove.
Depending on how rough the road depends on how I look in the mornings. I can get up looking like I was whipped by an egg beater or I can wake up in pristine condition.
It also affects the back. If it was a smooth ride, I wake up without my back needing a major visit to the chiropractor.
It took me a few years, but I finally discovered ear plugs. Ear plugs have saved me. With ear plugs I can drown out most of the noise of the road, radio, CB, weather, and literally sleep through anything. Well, maybe not everything. But it helps.
There are times when the truck is stopped for the night, even if it is for only a few hours. This is where it can get a little touchy. Larry likes to sleep in arctic temperatures and I like it, let's just say, warmer. I made another great discovery. It's called a mattress warmer. It is like an electric blanket only it goes on top of the mattress, not on top of you. I turn it up before crawling into bed and by the time I crawl under the covers it's all toasty warm. It plugs into a 12-volt socket and barely draws any power from the batteries so you don't have to have the truck running to keep it going. I wished they made something like that for my mattress at home!!
That has helped make it possible to have the bunk area colder than I normally like it. All I do is crawl under the covers like a bear in his den and I'm happy.
Needless to say, sleep quality is an issue. But it's all part of the job. And I do have to say that when I get home it's sometimes very hard to fall asleep. Too quiet, and the bed isn't moving. Maybe I need to get one of those vibrating beds.