As a child, I was a deep sleeper.

Nothing could rouse me from my dream state save one thing, the promise of a big cup of ice water being dumped on my head followed by the task of hanging my pillow and comforter out to dry and changing my sheets once the mattress was dry enough.

Once I joined the Navy, however, years of waking up to the sound of man overboard bells, hurdling out of my top rack, throwing on my combat boots, and rushing to my shop for muster in the middle of the night made me a very light sleeper. Two years have passed since I got out of the Navy, and I still wake up to the slightest disturbance.

How about you?