Hallucinations after sleep deprivation

Thirty-eight hours without sleep, the day's work done before 8am, and I feel fine during the day, if a little light headed.

I start mishearing things on the TV:

• Four million London commuters give up the underground to walk or cycle to work for health.
• The Prime Minister wants to tackle mental health issues in youngsters, no significant funding required - its all about attitudes, not money. 
• The NHS is improving acccording to Jeremy Hunt, so the 4h maximum waiting target in A&E is to be restricted to emergency cases only. 
• Actress Meryl Streep is awarded the Cecil B. DeMille Award at the Golden Globe ceremony, for "outstanding contributions to the world of entertainment". She talks of the importance of tolerance and the strong not intimidating the weak. The President Elect belittles her as "one of the most over-rated actresses in Hollywood". 
• A friend visits with her husband and my tablet whispers "£1,236". It's the cost of the naturalisation she is eligible to pay at the end of the year if she wants to stay with him in the UK. 

Suddenly, I'm deathly tired. I'm going to bed. Surely, everything will be back to normal again tomorrow.