Did I do as I normally do and try to cram as much into one day as I could? Or did I call forth my inner lazy child and sleep the day away?
Actually, I used my keen sense of rationalization (it's primo) to tell myself that I should sleep until I felt rested.
You see, I don't sleep well at night. I make it to bed between 12:00 A.M. and 1:00 A.M. I get back up between 6:00-6:30 A.M. That wouldn't be so bad if I slept straight through, but [top secret ahead] I wake up every one to one and a half hours to visit the ladies room. On average I get up four times a night. When that alarm sounds at 6:00 A.M. I generally am found whispering, Please God, just give me one day where I can sleep as long as I want to.
And he does! He has given me plenty of days to sleep, if I would do so. But every free day finds me trying to cram, cram, cram until I fall asleep at my desk at midnight while correcting papers, or preparing lessons, or shhh...playing Farmville.
After I hit "Publish Post" yesterday, I wrapped that gray robe tightly around me, put on some purple fuzzy socks, and cozied up inside my comforter. I woke back up at 1:00 P.M. yelling "Hurray for sloth!"
No, I didn't finish everything on my list. I got the laundry, dishes, jalapenos and parent/teacher reports done, along with a long hot shower.
Now, a word of inspiration to my fellow organizational freaks, overachievers, and plain old busy moms---I slept instead of doing what I should have done, and lived, without guilt! It took me until I was a half century old though, so please don't wait that long. In fact, I challenge those of you who are overworked and underslept to take a nice nap on Sunday.
Why don't I feel guilty?
Because it's 9:00 P.M. on a Saturday night and all the males in my house are crashed in front of the fireplace while I am busy doing laundry. (Oh, all right. I'll give them credit for moving one ton of coal today.)
(Aren't they cute? I couldn't get Blogger to put their photos side by side although they were small enough..after two years of blogging maybe some day I will catch on... )
Sleep is good for the body and soul. Choose it when you can.
ReplyDeleteYeah, for some reason I find it far easier to sleep in the day time too. Maybe we are really kitty cats inside and like to sleep in the warm sun. :P
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you got rest. :)
ReplyDeleteThe napping pictures are so cute. That's too funny.
And in my opinion, even though you had a "lazy" day, you still got so much done! You're a super mom!
Auntie M: Aw, my mommy used to always say that too.
ReplyDeleteJuliegoose: Yeah, it's amazing. During the night--up every hour. During the day I can go for three.
Taleah: Thank you! I did still feel like I got a lot done, especially since the "moving coal" part was accomplished by one husband, one son and two grandchildren.