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Trying To Get Some Sleep On A Saturday Afternoon?

posted January 4, 2009 - 11:42am
Trying To Get Some Sleep On A Saturday Afternoon?

Now, I have the habit of taking a small nap every afternoon, every single day. If I don't get that nap then I get very irritable by the end of the day. But, trying to get some sleep on a Saturday afternoon.......

Yes, it's Saturday again. The weekend is here, hooray! The whole long week is over. My husband has a five day week and so his weekend starts on a Saturday. Well, at last I can have a peaceful sleep in the afternoon, since my husband too likes to relax, you would think, No?

Come Saturday and we finish all our morning chores on time including having lunch and then with much anticipation of a good long nap we both hit the bed. Ahhh....All set for some good sleep.

Triiing...Trrrrriiing, rings the phone shrilly, shattering all the peace. Wrong number! Groaan, Curse loudly. Slip into the covers again. My eyes have just closed and am preparing to slip into a trance, when another shrill Trriiing...Trring wakes me up cruelly! My husband's cell phone. Turns out to be a poor salesman of some company working on a Saturday afternoon! My husband warns him of the consequences if he received any other call from him ever in the future and specially on a F****G Saturday afternoon.

I tell my husband to switch off his phone and go to sleep, for C***sakes! OK, finally we are all settled in and ready to visit dreamland. Oh no..Not so fast mister. Squaaak..Squaak goes the doorbell. (Yes, we have a funny sounding doorbell)! I get to the door and find someone who's come to meet my husband regarding some office work....

Now, finally I manage to calm myself and try to sleep. Okay, I am almost there...drifting,drifting,drifting. Suddenly, I feel as if I am falling down and get up with a jerk. Oh, just a dream. Try the whole process again. I must have just closed my eyes for a minute, (I feel) when my son comes and wakes me up to tell me it's five O'clock. Time for him to go out and play. Can I make his milk?

Oh, no, I grooan...Five already??? Well, that's how it is every Saturday afternoon! I must be the only "crackpot" who waits eagerly for a Monday!

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A time to Relax

danthedater24 - Thu, 2009-8-1 2:57 pm
It is really relaxing when weekend comes...but not all the time. An hour nap a day might help you too to refresh your minds from work.

Thanks

rawnak - Thu, 2009-8-1 12:00 am
Kukku for your comments.

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O My Sleep....

kukku - Wed, 2009-7-1 12:20 pm
It can be frustrating to see sleep time melt away under some pretext or the other. I have been at the receiving end so many time myself. You have writeen hilariously, rawnak! +1 DO the Write Thing & Get Paid Here

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"sleepus interruptus"

rawnak - Tue, 2009-6-1 11:51 am
is a very common phenomenon with a new born child and I can clearly remember my agony of my sleep deprived state during those years. My son had the habit of going to sleep at around 1 am and I had to rock him to sleep. He just wouldn't sleep any other way. Then he grew up and slowly his sleep diminished so that he would sleep only at night. He remained very active throughout the day. Ahh...the torture! I had almost forgotten what it felt like to get a good "uninterrupted" sleep. I was sure glad when he became old enough to be left alone without worrying too much about him getting hurt so that I could get a short nap in the afternoons. Thanks Jdubhub for your comments. I appreciate it.

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I see that your "green eye"

rawnak - Tue, 2009-6-1 11:44 am
I see that your "green eye" has turned into a "green apple"! Coincidently, green is my favorite color too. So, have you decided that you'd seen enough in the year 2008? I like the symbolism here! Going GREEN! Thanks a lot Mia, for your valuable comments. I do look forward to yours.

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Ah, the dreaded sleepus interruptus

jdubhub - Sun, 2009-4-1 3:16 pm
My son will be four years old in a couple of weeks, but he hasn't taken a daytime nap since he was two. Back then, I would look forward to taking a nap at the same time to maintain my sanity after many nights of sleepus interruptus. As soon as he hit three years, however, a nap is the furthest thing from his mind as his motor keeps running from about seven in the morning until about 7:30 at night. Even then, he still he still chats away until the very moment he actually falls asleep. One thing I remember from my pre-fatherhood days is being a night owl and loving to stay up late just because there was so much that I liked doing once the sun went down. Since I expected to stay up late, I made sure to take a short siesta in the late afternoon to recharge before heading out. Between naps and caffeine, there are few things that cannot be accomplished in life. LOL JOIN US IN TOASTING YOUR FUTURE SUCCESS!

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Mia Northwest - Sun, 2009-4-1 1:32 pm
my sleep or a nap is interrupted as well. With so much going on in life, a quick afternoon nap does more to wake me up than a cup of coffee. Hopefully next weekend you'll get a sound sleep! Peace, Mia NW Please visit my recent posts here Get paid to be a xombie! Join us here

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