We have all heard parents yelling at their toddlers to sit down, get down, settle down, quieten down, calm down etc. We have all heard parents yelling at their teenagers to stand up, get up, speak up, perk up, sit up and shut up. So what do we do when we are adults? When we are small children, everything is down and when we are teenagers everything is up, right? Have you all noticed that? Well, I have figured out that the things that we absolutely loathed as children are luxuries when we are adults.
Have any of you complained about taking a bath since the age of 30? I mean, if I have 30 extra minutes in the evenings there is nothing more relaxing than taking a nice, hot, bubble bath. Just soaking in the tub and being quiet is absolute bliss!! When we are children, we hate to stop what we are doing long enough to wash the sandbox and backyard residue off of our feet and behind our ears. As adults, just being able to take a shower uninterrupted is nice, but a bath, Ahhhhhhhh. Add a good book or scented candles and I may just stay in that bathtub for longer than a half an hour!
How about taking a nap? I remember laying in my bed for hours every day when I was little because I would not go to sleep. I remember laying on a cot and watching all of the other kindergarteners sleep because I would not take a nap. I do believe that if I were given a cot in a room full of 20 other people now that I absolutely would take that teacher up on her offer for me to sleep. There is nothing better than a nap especially after all the kids are off to school and the house is quiet. Oh and if it is rainy that is just an added bonus. I can't imagine why I fought taking a nap so hard when I was a child because sometime between the age of 5 and 40 I became a lover of the nap. Even if I have 15 things to get done during the day, I would just rather take a nap. That load of clothes can just wait to be folded!! I could nap on a bed, a couch, a chair, a hammock, a chaise lounger, a beanbag, a loveseat, a futon, a porch swing or a beach chair. I have a friend who swears that the best naps ever are in her car in the parking lot of the local library. I'm not brave enough to try sleeping in public but she has her Ph.D and she sees nothing wrong with it so maybe I should try it!! If you see my car at the library in town, please don't knock on the window! Zzzzzzzz!!
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