If this is the shortest month of the year, why does it feel like it’s going on forever? Plus there’s another Tuesday and I have no idea what to post. So here’s a stupid conversation between me and my mom that took place when she showed up at my door at ten thirty in the morning:
Me: What’s up?
Her: Were you just sleeping?
Me: What?
Her: You look like you just woke up.
Me: I’m fully dressed. My hair is up.
Her: And you look like you just woke up! I think you were sleeping!
Me: You talked to me, like, an hour ago.
Her [narrowing her eyes]: I think you were sleeping.
Me: …
I’ve never been able to sleep during the day even when I’m tired. Unlike her, who enjoys an afternoon nap. She just thought I looked tired and couldn’t stand the thought of me being asleep. I think it physically pains her to see me resting.
Ugh.
She didn't slip into your room when you were young and bang on stuff to wake you, did she?
ReplyDeleteI can't take naps either. Just makes me more tired.
Maybe you should've been sleeping.
ReplyDeleteBarring times when I've been badly sick, I haven't napped in the day since I was a baby.
ReplyDeleteMy mom always assumes I'm napping too, but that's because she knows I have a fatigue problem.
ReplyDeleteYou should have told her yes you were sleep talking to her.
I can't sleep during the day. But then, I don't sleep much at night either. No wonder I'm always so tired.
ReplyDeleteAre you slacking?!!?
ReplyDeleteI have similar conversations with students. Not about sleeping, usually. They decide that something about me must be true (that isn't) and then they get all insistent about it. Of course, I can just be all, like, "sure, whatever" and walk away. They can believe anything about me they like ;) (The very dry sarcasm is what sells it. But I doubt you can get away with that with your mom.)
ReplyDeleteSee, I usually stay up all night and sleep during the day. Doesn't stop my family from calling me at 10am and acting surprised when they wake me up.
ReplyDeleteI like Patricia's sleep talking idea. :)