hypnagogic

Sharon blinked once, twice.  No, this was not a hypnogogic hallucination.  Her father really WAS wearing a pink frock with a hat twice the size of his shoulders, adorned with little technicoloured woodland creatures.

hypnagogic

Again it's the change in sound as the wheels leave the tar that yanks him out of hypnagogic twilight.

hypnagogic

hip-na-GOJ-ik
adjective

of, or relating to the state of drowsiness just before sleep

Millicent knew that the best time to get Ralph to sign over his wealth was in his post-prandial hypnagogic state. She had learnt this trick at an early age, when her father was most prone to signing her school reports without comment after eating and before sleeping.