Nap Time Blues

Most people would agree that the best remedy to a long, boring, and exhausting day is to have a stare down with your couch. You look at your couch, the couch looks back at you. The couch doesn't blink, neither do you. The time comes and you assure yourself that you are going to win this battle. You finally have enough and you you go in for the kill-- and by the kill I mean take a nap.

Most people enjoy naps because they are a rest in between wandering around the world of work, school, and responsibility and the actual long sleep we take at the end of the day. A lot of folks would say "naps are great because they're supposed to revive you, make you feel rested so you can continue on with your day!" I don't think so, when I wake up from a nap I don't feel "revived" I feel gross, sticky, and groggy. I can't shake the feeling the rest of the day and it just makes me upset because I can't bask in the amazing phenomenon of the nap. The uncomfortable feeling I get when I am done napping often dissuades me from "nap time."

When I was in school we didn't have nap time. We just had a straight day of learning. I never got a chance to lay down and cover myself up with my blankie in the middle of the day when everyone else was doing work.

I don't know what or who I should blame for my discomfort of naps, but it sure sucks to hate something that sure feels so good.