Trying to catch some Z’s

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I’ve been feeling low on energy all morning so instead of my regular lunch of watch espn2 just because it moves and has bright shinny colors I decided to take a noontime siesta.  Ate a quick sandwich at my desk then headed out to my car to lay back and partake in a quick 15 minute power nap.  Ever since the summer I spent after high school working in a toll booth at New York state park boat launch I’ve learned the value of a quick 10-15 minute nap where you’re not 100% asleep.  Just groggy enough to feel rejuvenated but not so much so you can’t spring back to “I’m awake, certainly wasn’t napping” mode instantly.

So I sat in my car, threw the seat back and opened the sunroof.   I shut my eyes with my hat pulled low and hoped the sandman would bring me a quick dream.  I was almost there to.  Was at the point where you eyes are just starting to glaze over and you can’t remember what you were just thinking about.  When all I heard was WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSHHH WOOSH WOOOOOOOSHHH.  The landscaping guys who I saw on the other side of the building earlier in the day had made it near the parking area armed with leaf blowers ready for landscaping war.  WOOOOOOOOOOSHH WOSH WOSH WOOOOOOOOOOSSH.  This went on for a few minutes during which I just texted random people asking random questions.  So if you got a text message asking “what’s up, what is a good movie to see?” or “what should I eat for a snack today?” please feel free to ignore it.  I was just bored and armed with a full QWERTY keypad on my cell phone.

Around 12:15 I caught a break.  The landscaping guys packed up and headed out for lunch.  Good for them.  They work hard so they need a good meal and I need a nap.  So I settled back down in my reclined position and repositioned my had down over my eyes while I tried this whole power nap thing again.  It must have worked because it was 12:30 when a single rain drop fell from the heavens through the 2 inch crack I had the sun room and smacked me right in the forehead causing me to awaken saying “what the hell?”  It wouldn’t have startled me so much if it wasn’t the very first rain drop to fall.  I didn’t see any other drops on the windshield so I assumed someone spit in my sunroof.   After a few drops hit the glass in front of me the rouge spiter theory was ruled out in favor of rain. 

Feeling somewhat rejuvenated I decided to march on into slumber land a bit more.  Did have an entire half hour left on my lunch break. Why not milk it some more?  With the sunroof closed due to rain I cracked the side window a bit to catch some breeze.  Once again for the third time I was awoke.  The screech of tires and a loud “pop” filled the now rainy air.  There was obviously an accident close by but I listen a few more minutes and didn’t hear any police sirens or ambulance and figured it couldn’t have been that serious so on with my nap I attempted to proceed.

Remember not hearing any emergency vehicles?  Yeah as it turns out the response time of police, EMT and fire is only slightly less time that it takes Eric to say “figured it couldn’t have been that serious” because as soon as I just got back to that groggy going to sleep feeling then the entire emergency response in northern Indiana showed up.  There were at least half a dozen cops, two fire trucks and at least one ambulance all of which sirens blaring. 

By this time it was almost one so I stuck a fork on my nap because it was done.  When the leafblowers, weather, accidents and emergency response vehicles are all working against you sleep isn’t going to come easy

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