#123 Mr. Sandman
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My sons are both skilled sleepers and I envy them. When they snooze — which is often — they throw themselves into the embrace of slumber with the same abandon that Billy Bob Thornton throws himself into marriage. Except they tend to sleep longer than Billy Bob stays married.
They are the only people I know that sleep intensely. Their enthusiasm for unconsciousness makes them easy marks for sleep, which is happy to reach out and drag them down.
For me, sleep is a timid little critter which must be enticed and snared and which is likely to turn and run at the slightest provocation.
Really…….
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NOTES:
- If you haven’t listened to The Eclectic Review podcast, I encourage you to give it a try. You’ll find Stuart and Glory’s fascinating banter at:
http://eclectic.libsyn.com - Davis posted a nice comment over on the MyFavoriteShortcomings.com blog. You can find out more about Davis (and read his humor essays) at:
http://fiftysomethingman.blogspot.com - In case your own sleep experience is like mine, you might want to check out the tips for a good night’s sleep at:
http://helpguide.org/life/sleep_tips.htm
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Kevin,
Falling asleep is not really my problem. My issue comes with getting the chance to stay asleep. My wife and I have 7 kids, and along about the second child we made an agreement. As long as the baby is in our room, she will get up with him or her. But once they are out of our room, they are my responsibility. This normally works out in my favor, because babies tend to need more attention that do older children. However, I have discovered a failing in this system any time one of the children gets sick. They share rooms which means they pass it to their sibling, long before we can figure out they are sick and move them to another room. By that time they are primed to pass it along. Well you get the pattern. I need more sleep!
Jeff