I’ve been having weird dreams lately, and most have one thing in common: I’m sleeping or trying to sleep. Which means I need sleep.
I think I need some lessons from champion sleepers. Maybe then I won’t be so exhausted.
It helps to have a buddy.
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Get in a good stretch to relax.
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Find a comfy spot.
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Don’t be afraid to look weird.
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Cuddle up with something fuzzy.
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Stick your tongue out at nightmares.
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Make sure you have a comfy pillow.
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Assume the position.
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Pull up the covers and get comfortable.
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Aaaaaand … snooze. Repeat as necessary.
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Serenity is a fuzzy belly 
For a couple of decades in my mid-life, I got by on a consistent four hours sleep per night. In fact, I could skip sleep altogether once a week. If I tried two nights without sleep, I would crash and oversleep–six hours. Got a lot of work done, saying I was going to save up and sleep all at once.
Now, as I enter the terminally-old stage of life, I find I am actually enjoying sleep, and my new BFF, a C-PAP machine, has ended a lifetime of Olympic-grade snoring and made my sleep more refreshing. Sleep has evolved from my enemy to my friend.
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I tend to need at least six hours, but even that is sometimes elusive. When I miss out on a lot of sleep, I get a bit punchy. Amusing for others, but not for me.
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I love sleeping animals, especially cats. Josie the Lhasapoo is pretty darn cute too. I don’t understand why my cat insists on waking me up at ungodly hours, but I suppose that’s part of a cat’s nature, especially when the bottom of the food bowl becomes visible.
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Even a sliver of that bowl bottom should never be seen. It would just be proof we’re trying to starve them! 🙀
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“Make sure you have a comfy pillow”–that would be my dog because that is the only thing he thinks cats are good for. Sometimes he wakes me up early in the morning before the time I have set my alarm because he has important “business” to do outside. At least he is doing his business outside in the back yard instead of inside the house.
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Waking up to something squishy underfoot is not pleasant. At least with cats it’s usually not from that end if it’s in the middle of the floor. 😉
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Yes I am so glad that I rarely, if ever, have to worry about waking up to something squishy on the floor. When Marlow does wake me up early, he is just trying to be a good dog.
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Good boy! 🐕
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I’ve always wished I could sleep like either a baby or a cat. But these other critters seem to have mastered the art. Not sure I could do the windowbox thing, however.
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Cats, I think, are the undisputed sleep champions, even if they do get in some weird positions to do so. That raccoon in the window box is something else. I’m thinking he might have fallen and decided to look nonchalant and take a nap. 😴
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