NAPPING~

TOMMY IS A NAPPER. SINCE DAY ONE OF US BEING TOGETHER HE HAS LOVED TAKING NAPS. SOME OF HIS NAPS COULD BE CONSIDERED, "SLEEPING THE DAY AWAY AND THEN WHAT IS THE POINT," TYPE OF NAPS, BUT NONE THE LESS... HE IS THE NAPPER IN THIS FAMILY.

AT THE START OF THIS YEAR I DECIDED I WOULD TRY TO TAKE NAPS WITH HIM. I KNOW IT SOUNDS FREAKISH THAT I HAVE TO TRY TO NAP... WHO DOES THIS? WHO DOES NOT LIKE NAPS? I AM THE FREAK OF THE FAMILY I GUESS. I WANT TO NAP. I WANT TO LAY THERE IN THE STILL OF THE DAY AND RELAX AS THE WORLD GOES BY...... BECAUSE I DO NOT SLEEP AT NIGHT..... THE WHOLE HIP-HURTING, LEG-CRAMPING, SHOULDER GOING NUMB, FOOT-TWITCHING, GABAGE FROM MY ACCIDENT IS NEVER ENDING SO I HAVE LIVED ON 2-3 HOURS OF SLEEP A NIGHT FOR ALMOST SIX YEARS... THAT IS JUST HOW IT IS FOR ME.... UNTIL NOW. I WAS GONNA BECOME A NAPPER. I WAS GOING TO BE ABLE TO BRAG ABOUT NAPPING AND LOVING IT!

I WAS ALL SET. THIS WAS HOW IT WAS GONNA GO DOWN ~GET HOME FROM THE GYM EVERDAY, FEED THE BABY, CLEAN UP WHATEVER, GET THE BABY READY FOR HIS NAP, EAT A LITTLE SOMETHING, GET LAUNDRY GOING AND AHHHHH TAKE A LITTLE NAP. I FIGURED AN HOUR WOULD BE A DELICIOUS AMOUNT OF TIME TO JUST REJUVENATE FOR THE AFTERNOON WITH THE CRUMBSNATCHERS AFTER SCHOOL. OH I LOOKED FORWARD TO THIS NEW ME THAT WOULD EMERGE. I WAS GONNA BE A NAPPER AND I WAS GONNA LOVE IT!!! EVERYONE WAS GOING TO NOTICE WHAT AN AMAZING MOOD I WOULD BE IN FROM NAPPING! THIS WOULD BE GREAT!!!!

THIS IS HOW IT REALLY IS~ GET HOME FROM THE GYM. FEED THE BABY AND MYSELF AND TOMMY USUALLY, DO SOME HOUSE WORK, DO SO SOME MORE HOUSE WORK (NOT THAT ANYONE CAN ACTUALLY TELL,) GET PUDGIE READY TO GO DOWN FOR HIS NAP, PUT PUDGIE BACK IN HIS CRIB 10 TIMES SINCE HE NOW CLIMBS OUT, RETURN PHONE CALLS, DO THE MAIL, CLEAN UP LUNCH AND THEN.......AHHH NAP TIME... LAY DOWN, TOSS AND TURN FOR THE FIRST 10 MINUTES, FORCE MYSELF TO CLOSE MY EYES AND RELAX... THINK THINK THINK.. WHAT I SHOULD BE DOING? ..... WASHING THE KITCHEN FLOOR, CLEANING THE LAUNDRY ROOM, THE BATHROOM, THE KIDS' ROOM... ANYTHING... RELAX STOP THINKING, AHH OK RELAXING MAYBE TRYING TO FALL ASLEEP, OK TALK TO TOMMY.. WHO JUST STARTED SNORING... OK NOT SUCH A GOOD IDEA.. TOSS AND TURN, STEAL SOME COVERS... SIGH A LITTLE, LAY REALLY STILL (BECAUSE ANYONE WITH KIDS KNOWS THAT WHEN THEY DO THIS THEY MAY FALL ASLEEP?? YEAH RIGHT!) DEEP BREATHS... STARE AT THE CEILING... FINALLY TOMMY SITS UP AND SAYS...."YOU ARE NOT SO GOOD AT NAPPING!" UUUGGGGHHH, THIS I KNOW. I AM STILL TRYING THOUGH!

*NOT SO FUNNY SIDE NOTE~ TODAY I ACTUALLY FELL ASLEEP FOR LIKE 15 MINUTES. I WAS SERIOUSLY EXCITED THAT I HAD DONE THIS...UNTIL I GOT DOWNSTAIRS AND REALIZED...I LEFT THE RICE A RONI ON THE STOVE...STILL COOKING..THANKFULLY ON LOW....DID YOU KNOW THAT WHEN IT COOKS FOR ALMOST AN HOUR AND A HALF IT CARMELIZES? TOMMY WAS REAL PLEASED WITH ME!!! LUCKILY IT DID NOT CATCH ON FIRE!*