The other afternoon I was feeling sleepy and thought (foolishly) that I should and could take a quick nap. I surveyed where everyone was and told everyone that I was going to lay down for half an hour.
I lay down and close my eyes. Almost instantly Miss 18 texts to let me know she will be home in 5 minutes or so. I respond and tell her that I am laying down for a nap.
I close my eyes. Mr 15’s voice interrupts. “I am hungry. What can I eat?” I quickly tell him what to eat and make sure to add that I am taking a nap. In no time at all he comes back in to ask if he can eat the pizza rolls. Again I answer and again I say, “I am taking a nap.”
No sooner do I close my eyes and start to doze off when in comes Miss 17, to let me know she is home and to show me what she bought. I chat for a moment and remind her that I am trying to catch a quick nap. She apologizes for forgetting and reminds me that in less than an hour, she needs me to give her a ride to a friend’s. I tell her to wake me when it is time.
I adjust my position and close my eyes again. I start to actually sleep when in comes Mr. 8 with a long and detailed problem that he is having with Mr. 7 (daycare baby). He is closely followed by Mr. 7 who is loudly protesting Mr. 8’s description of events. I keep my eyes closed hoping that somehow they will realize I am taking a nap and don’t want to referee their discussion. Right on the heels of Mr. 7 comes Mr. 15, who to his credit, is trying to hush them and chase them out because as he is insisting, none to quietly, that Mom is taking a nap.
I roll over again as they exit the room and again doze off. This time I am awakened by Mr. 13 wanting to know if I have seen his book and if I can go buy more pizza rolls since Mr. 15 ate them all. I sigh and answer no to all of the above and tell him I am asleep, eat something else, read something else and go away.
I finally doze off and actually start dreaming, or so I think…..the dream was actually Miss 17 saying, “Mom it’s time to go, I am going to be late…..”
No problem. I’m awake. I am definitely not taking a nap.
