They say you don't have a problem, until you start drinking alone

They say you don’t have a problem, until you start sleeping alone.
I technically DON’T sleep alone, I at least share a room with someone every night. Someone that I know, I must add.

Sharing a bed is common practice with fellow band mates. It’s never really awkward as such, just more about knowing your boundaries and not invading the other person’s personal space. Spooning is definitely out of the question, as is feet touching. Sharing a bed with someone that isn’t your partner can be a tricky and often touchy subject. This is a moment when your friendship suddenly takes a drastic step into unknown depths. This is territory only reserved for that special person in your life. But here you are, sharing a Travelodge duvet with your tour manager. All normal sleep etiquette, of which you are used to, is immediately discarded as if it never existed. No longer are you permitted to sleep naked, or sleep solely in the ‘starfish’ position. Sleep, in such circumstances, as much as you wish it didn’t, becomes a battle with space and time. Now, being the polite individual that you are, you feel you should wait for your bed partner to fall asleep first. Taking great care not to cross the imaginary line that divides their side of the bed from yours, you perch ever so elegantly on the edge of the bed, usually in a position that is 10 times less comfortable than you’re normally happy with, as this person is your friend, you don’t mind of course… but do you? Anyway, that way, once they finally hit the hay, you assume all rights of the bed and therefore enabling you to sleep as normal. That is unless you’re feeling particularly selfish. I have also noticed through observation and through actions of my own, that when sleeping in an environment heavily occupied by awake human beings, usually in the day, the motion of sleeping with your face and back to the majority, if not all, present human beings seems to be the most common code of practice. Now I believe that this is definitely down to the fact that you don’t want everyone to see your facial muscles completey relaxed, because let’s face it, no one looks good when they sleep. I for example drool like a dog and I am fully aware of how unattractive this is.