Twinkie Chan’s Guide to Survival: POWER NAPS

I know a lot of people who say, “I can’t nap.” They can’t fall asleep, or they sleep too long, or they feel gross coming out the nap and never recover.

If I couldn’t nap, or if I refused to nap, I would DIE.

I feel like I’m still paying my dues, work-wise, and I still work a million hours a day. On deadline days, this leaves little time to sleep.

Last night, I slept from about 7:30am to 8:30am because I had a 9:30am meeting outside of the house. I had a deadline to finish a project and send it via UPS (4pm) anyway, so I was ok with this. But at about 1pm, I really needed a nap. So off I napped on the couch, from 1pm-2pm. Then, more work! Then I had a long-overdue crafty/pizza/chickflick hangout with Vivs. Then, I think I had a 45 minute nap around midnight. Then I was back up for more work. I feel pretty good, but I also had two cups of strong tea! VROOM VROOM!

Ok, clearly this is not a lifestyle, this is not good for you, and I wouldn’t do it everyday, (plus don’t tell your mom cuz she’ll yell at you) but I’m thankful I can function this way, because I really needed those extra hours of work. Thank you, body!

On a similar theme, here is a short video of Bibi snoring. I love how you can see her nose parts go in and out. She used to snore all the time as a puppy, and ten times more loudly. It used to worry me, but I looked up online that Shar Pei puppies may snore a lot when they are young, and then as their face parts grow out a bit, the snoring lessens, which was true for Bibi’s case. I find her snoring very comforting, though!

11 Comments on “Twinkie Chan’s Guide to Survival: POWER NAPS”

  • Alice

    says:

    Haha Bibi is so cute!! I love taking naps on my days off!! I like the snuggle time with my two little dogs šŸ™‚

  • Vivs

    says:

    OMG! I love BiBi! I wanted her to snor last night. ha!

  • Sami

    says:

    Nothing beats a good nap whilst cuddling the doggies šŸ˜€

  • Jessica

    says:

    aww cute. When my doggy, juliet naps and you lie next to her, she will kick you until you get off. It isn’t that adorable, more scary.

  • Belen

    says:

    I’ve had at least two dogs that snored just like that <3 its kinda cute

    naps…i used to never ever nap…but that's how i function when on deadlines since university started, but the day after I'm done is usually sleeep all day long

  • Kat

    says:

    Wow! Your a machine. I don’t think I could survive like that on naps. I just had a baby 5 weeks ago and I am struggling with the sleep I am getting now. I used to be a 9:30pm till 6pm kind of girl. Now I go to bed at about 10:30pm-11pm and am back up anytime between 2:30am-4am depending on when Imogen wants to feed. I wish I could function on less sleep. Heres hoping my body eventually gets used to it.

  • Katie

    says:

    You make me want to cuddle with my doggy Leeloo. (You’ve described my entire life the last month with writing 6 page papers nearly every week with my Ed Psych class, prepping for 4 shows that all occur within 8 weeks of each other, and teaching art at 5 million different places. )

  • Monica Morrison

    says:

    Omg! I was crying literally 20 mins ago but after watching this i was laughing. I love bibi:)

  • Lee

    says:

    Don’t drive when you don’t have enough sleep!

  • YAY for warm cuddly doggie snores šŸ™‚
    Loves!
    Im always afraid if I nap I won’t wake up – but I think I may try it and see how it goes šŸ™‚

  • Nicole

    says:

    I have a shar pei named Winston, and his snores when he was a tiny puppy were LOUD! He would wake me up at night, and i would have to rub his belly and turn his head a bit so he would quiet down. He also had hiccups all the time. If he wasn’t snoring, he was hiccuping. Crazy puppy sounds!

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