My body whispers: Psst! Wake up!
My brain responds grumpily: What? Go back to sleep!

Body: I need to pee. Come on, get up.
Brain: No, I'm comfortable!
Body: Well, I'm not. And if I'M not, then YOU'RE not.
Brain: I hate you, you know that, right?
Body: Yeah, yeah, whatever.

Minutes later, the Brain is happily dozing again.

Body: Um... Brain?
Brain: What now, you jerk?
Body: Heartburn.
Brain: Oh you are just a piece of work. Why didn't you say something a minute ago when we walked past the medicine?
Body: It wasn't hurting then.
Brain: It'll quit in a minute, stop whining.
Body: No way, man. This is serious. My stomach lining is in major jeapordy.
Brain: I don't have a choice, do I? You're totally killing me here.
Body: Sorry, pal.
Brain: No you're not. Come on, let's get this over with.

Minutes later, the Brain is again nodding off.

Body: Look, I know you're going to be mad, but I'm thirsty now.
Brain: No. Go away.
Body: Seriously! My mouth is parched, it's like the Sahara in there! I can't make it until morning.
Brain: You're not going to shut up about this?
Body: No.
Brain: Okay, but this is absolutely the LAST thing we are doing. I'm putting your foot down.
Body: I hear ya, I promise. Last thing.

Mere moments later...

Body: Did you hear that?
Brain: NO!! I did not! And neither did you! You're just stalling!
Body: I swear I heard something.
Brain: You are SO getting Tylenol PM tomorrow night. Now, for the last time, GO.TO.SLEEP!

Body: Fine. You did remember to lock the front door though, right? That's all I'm saying. Because it would be way too easy for someone to sneak in here while everybody was asleep and just whack the lot of us.
Brain: That's ridiculous. And irrational. The only thing you need to be afraid of is ME if you don't SHUT UP!

Sadly, this went on for some time, before the Body finally got bored, and ran out of excuses to stay awake.

But by then, the Brain was busy thinking about how to blog about this the next day, and it was still several more hours before everyone had settled down again for the night.

You see what I'm working with here? Sheesh.