The Life of Me

My mom tells me that my sisters and I never liked naps when we were babies. (My poor mom! She had three wide-awake babies all day! Sorry, Mom!) I truly wish I had taken advantage of those beautiful things. I need naps now. I know, it's summer, so I'm not as busy as I am the rest of the year, but still... I'm always at least a little tired.

I can't take naps. Not only is it a bit difficult to find a good time to take a nap, I just can never fall asleep during the day, unless I'm absolutely exhausted, or when I'm really sick. The last middle-of-the-day-and-healthy nap I took was in early middle school, or sometime near then, the first time I pulled a total all-nighter. I had stayed up REALLY LATE before then, but I would always end up crawling into bed in the morning and getting a few hours of sleep. But that night, I was up constantly. I was writing a book, and by the time morning came, I had successfully written... Wait for it... Wait for it... Is the suspense killing you...? It's killing me... Okay, I'll tell you... 8 pages! (Sad, right?) 

I got up at 7 or so (my parents were up, and I was hungry, so I was like, whatever). Somehow, I remember that I had a lemon-poppyseed muffin with melted butter on top of each half. I am addicted to lemon poppyseed muffins, but I never get to have them! (I also like orange-cranberry muffins... And blueberry... And banana nut... I just love muffins with melted butter!)

I was pretty tired all day... I had nothing to do, so I could just laze around, but it was becoming unbearable... So, right after lunch, at about 1 or 1:30, I decided to get into bed and try to sleep. It took me a half hour or so, but eventually, I did fall asleep, and didn't wake up till dinner. Then, I had dinner, maybe watched TV or something, and then went right back to bed. 

Children: do NOT take naps for granted. They are magical. I guarauntee that someday, you'll be dreaming of a nap, or wishing you drank coffee. (Terrible stuff, coffee...) (Now mochas, on the other hand... Yum!) 

-Sue Donimm