Sleeping is an integral part of my life. Oh, I know everyone sleeps. But some do not treat it as the art form that it is. Some folks even do it begrudingly "too much to do, too little time" and they soldier on.
My father was always an Olympic sleeper. As kids my brothers and I would tell him we were going to enter him in the Games and he would win, hands down..or eyes closed as it were. He would win the Gold in Olympic Napping.
I , of course have gone through different stages of sleeping as I age. As a child I always took naps and still do when my schedule allows. My naps were 2 or 3 hours, full of dreams and lots of REM sleep. And then I would get my full 9 hours of sleep at night.
Now, I am in bed at 8:00, asleep by 8:30 and up at 5:30. Misha shares my dedication to sleep. He naps after long walks, play time, and all day if it is raining outside. I am sure his sleeping is as restorative as mine. It is not just physical but mental exhaustion that makes sleeping so important to us. When we are awake (Misha and I) we notice everything; blades of grass, sounds of bugs and trucks, kids and cars. We notice squirrles on branches and mice on the run. We are finely tuned and nothing goes by our notice.
So, after some hours we need to rest, to download all the stuff that was uploaded into our brains in our hours of wakefullness. We sleep and upon waking we see a brand new world, full of possibilities and magic. We are ready to explore it once again!
sooooo true. and then there is coffee!
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