I tried to warn him

The night was wet.  The team was exhausted.  We all settled in to our makeshift beds made from couch cushions and beanbag chairs.  And then I passed out the earplugs, put on the nasal no-snore strip, (Elliott yelled “spoiler alert: it won’t work!") and I announced that I will usually wake up and adjust how I’m sleeping if someone says my name.  One brave soul, Mark, set up his ‘bed’ right next to mine.  Others tried to lessen the impact by pulling curtains as room dividers.  I allowed them to get a head start on sleep while I clicked on the keyboard…and then I lay down to sleep.

I remember that Mark woke me up once to say that I was snoring…and then nothing. 

The next thing I remembered was waking up and having a wide open area immediately next to me.  Wait a minute…where is Mark?  Without including an artist’s rendering of the room, I can just tell you that Mark had moved his bedding (no small feat) to the farthest place possible without being outside.  I got to talk to him after he woke up and he explained that after trying to wake me up four times he just gave up.  Apparently he now fears that he will have nightmares just knowing that someone is capable of snoring like that.  I can safely say that Mark will not be trying to get into the room I stay in.