Findings Concerning Bedside Water Loop
A final sip of water before sleep creates a bathroom trip, which creates another final sip, which creates another bathroom trip.
Evidence:
11:42 PM: Subject drinks from bedside glass. This is the final drink of water. Sleep to follow.
11:43 PM: Subject notes the glass is now less than half full. Notes that a half-full bedside glass will be insufficient for the middle of the night. Rises to refill glass.
11:46 PM: Glass refilled. Subject considers this foresight. Returns to bed.
11:51 PM: Subject needs to use the bathroom. This is attributed to the refilled glass.
11:55 PM: Subject returns from bathroom. Notes that the bathroom trip, while inconvenient, was better now than in two hours. Good planning.
11:55 PM: Subject drinks from bedside glass to mark the conclusion of the bathroom trip.
12:01 AM: Subject considers whether another bathroom trip will be required. Decides to preempt it.
12:04 AM: Returns from bathroom.
12:05 AM: Small sip of water.
Governing Rule: Under the applicable standard, any action framed as the last one before sleep may renew itself once. The bedside water loop exploits a loophole in this rule: each drink creates a subsequent action that creates a subsequent drink. The sequence has no defined terminal state.
Conclusion: Subject falls asleep at 12:28 AM. The glass is half full. No bathroom trip is required until 4:15 AM. The preparation for 4:15 AM began at 11:42 PM.