Sometimes a nap can fix anything
It's true. When you feel as if every single person on this planet it annoying the bejesus out of you and you have no where to turn, sleep is my answer. When your muscles are so sore from working out 2 hours a day 6 days a week to where your calves feel like someone severed every nerve and fiber and you have to walk with a slight limp... a quick 3 hours can do the trick. When PMS strikes (no embellishment necessary), a nap can be better than chocolate.
I've always been a strong advocate for naps. Ever since the days of coming home from play/musical practice in high school, I'd zonk out on the couch for a solid 2 hours before being woken up by my dad telling me I would never get to sleep at night if I kept napping. In a weird way, he's right. I believe that is how I became the bizarre night creature I am today (staying up until at least 2am every night of the week, even if I don't take a nap). I perfected my napping techniques in college though. I was spoiled by having my dorm right on central campus of U of M, so in between classes I could easily walk across the street for lunch and a quick power nap. I'm proud to say that I scheduled classes around my prime napping hours. Classes from approx 11am-1 or 2pm... block of time... more classes around 5pm-6:30pm. It was perfect.
When I moved into my apartment on north campus for junior and senior year, napping was a little more difficult to maneuver, since I had to either take a bus or drive back and forth to the main campus. But the nap prevailed. I worked it in. I always did.
Now, sadly, naps have been scarce for me. Much to my dismay, I haven't had the time. Usually if I was stressed from work, deadlines, family, friends, etc... I could always turn to my queen-sized friend dressed in a white duvet. Since I've started working out, I go directly from work to the gym to do my 45 mins of cardio and 45 min sessions with the trainer. While, yes, I am working out my stress, which most health care professionals believe is the best cure for stress. But I still miss my naps.
I try on the weekends to squeeze them in between my workouts and hanging out w/ friends and reading at Starbucks and my freelance work... but it's been more difficult.
I just miss my old friend. Come back to me... I want just a taste of what my napping life was like. Just a taste...
I think I will nap today after work. Every girl needs a treat now and again.
posted by Lisa D @ 1:16 PM
4 Comments:
Just because I sleep in the middle of the day (or did... as it were) does not mean I am wasting my life. Life can be lived at any time of day... why does the sun need to be up? I live my life more at night because I get more done and get more enjoyment from it. Daylight is superfical... when I look back I will see my restful days as refreshing and lovely... to nap on a warm afternoon.
Can life be lived at anytime of the day? Can you live a normal life while the rest of the world (or the rest of the people in your time zone) is sleeping?
For me taking naps boggs me down. You sleep for an hour and then you feel even worse because you woke up. I, more or less, enjoy long consecutive hours of sleep.
I understand that you can get a ton of stuff done at night compared to during the day. You're left alone and the rest of the world is busy catching their zzzz. But then again is staying up late a sign of hiding from the outside world?
OR is staying up just they way my body was made? I have been like this since I can remember. Sleeping for 2 or 3 hours in the mid/late afternoon hardly qualifies as hiding from the world. But if those precious 3 hours matter that much to you... it's a good thing you don't like naps. I however love having a time of day where I don't need to deal with other people's shit. I get all the "me" time I need without taking time away from seeing my friends/family when I'd normally see them. My night time "alone time" is the greatest because I get a few hours when others are asleep where I can think and work without interruption. Isn't that what most people say they want? A work time where interruptions are minimal? I have found that. And it's the greatest.
p.s: the quote I live by: "Normal hours are for ordinary people"
Someone is very protective of their nap time? =)
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