Wake up groggily light a cigarette, drain the dregs from last night's beerfest, snort a revivifying line, shower and don the uniform and aviator glasses and report for duty.
When it is time for the narrator to stand guard, he awakens groggily to discover that a number of chests are missing, but believes that he must be dreaming.
Upon awakening from a night's sleep, many people groggily wipe away the grit, remnants of the mythical sandman that have accumulated overnight in the inner corners of their eyes.