Monday, March 03, 2008

internal monologue upon waking up

shoot.

[suddenly panicks]

what have i forgotten? did i miss a meeting? no, that was yesterday and the other isn't until tomorrow. ok. breathe.

[breathes slowly]

the bed is so comfy. i don't need to get up for hours. laundry can wait. 's not so important to get thank you cards/spray paint/unripe fruit this morning. five more minutes.

[gets into more comfortable snoozing position]

wait. don't i have to...nah. that can wait. or can it. what time is it? what day is it?

[looks at phone]

plenty of time if i don't make art or meditate this morning.

[feels stab of guilt]

if i feel this tired, i must need to sleep more. i only got, what, 10 hours? sure, another few minutes won't hurt...

[realizes is already truly awake and kidding self]

[sighs]

[gets up]

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hehehe... I totally do that! Or my version of it which involves the snooze button and several rounds of bargaining - until I wake about 20 minutes before I need to leave the house. On the rare days when I don't have to be somewhere early in the morning, it ends with looking at the clock in shock - how in the heck did I manage to sleep until 1pm? (c:

Joe said...

I USED to do that...before I got two pint-sized, runny-nosed alarm clocks that refuse to snooze! ;-)

10 hours? Oh man...I remember that...now, it takes me at least 2 days to get that much.

Grace and Peace,
Joe (one of those annoying "I have kids and now my life is forever screwed up, but I wouldn't change it for anything and I'm going to tell you all about it guys")