Monday, November 12, 2007

Power naps!!!

FINALLY!!!! ITS BEEN PROVEN WHAT I'VE BEEN THINKING FOR YEARS! POWER NAPS ARE BENEFICIAL TO YOUR HEALTH!!!! I WAS READING THIS LITTLE NEWS POST THINGY OR WHATEVER ON THE YAHOO HOMEPAGE AND IT TOLD HOW POWER NAPS IMPROVE LONGEVITY. IT SAYS IT CAN HELP YOU LIVE TO A HUNDRED AND ALL THAT STUFF BUT THEY WERE EXAGGERATING. I THINK IT TAKES A LITTLE MORE THAN THAT TO HELP SOMEONE LIVE TO BE A HUNDRED BUT YOU GET THE POINT. NOW IT DID CONTRIDICT MY DEFINITION OF A POWER NAP. WHEN I GET OUT OF CLASS, I USUALLY GO TO SLEEP FOR LIKE...2 OR 3 HOURS. THE THING I READ SAID A POWER NAP WAS 10 TO 30 MINUTES! WHAT THE HELL IS THAT GOING TO DO?! THEY SAID IT'S PROVEN TO HELP THE REST OF THE DAY GO BY, CAN DECREASE THE CHANCES OF HEART DISEASE BY LOWERING THE STRESS ON THE HEART. SOMETHING ABOUT THE HEART PUMPING REGULARLY WHILE YOU ARE SLEEPING. IT WOULD MAKE MORE SENSE TO ME TO LET IT PUMP AT A REGULAR PACE FOR 2 HOURS RATHER THAN 10 MINUTES BUT HEY, IM NO EXPERT! IM JUST GOING TO CONTINUE WHAT I'VE BEEN DOING. I HAVE TO GET SLEEP WHENEVER I CAN. BECAUSE AT NIGHT, I USUALLY DONT GET TO GO TO SLEEP UNTIL SOME TIME AFTER ONE. AND THEN HAVE TO GET UP AT 8 OR 8:30. I DONT THINK I'VE HAD ANY REAL SLEEP FOR LIKE, A MONTH. WHICH IS TERRIBLE! SO I TRY TO SLEEP WHENEVER I CAN. I THOUGHT ABOUT IT. IF TEN MINUTES OF SLEEP HELPS YOU SLEEP YOU SLEEP TO A HUNDRED, THEN I GUESS IM TRYING T LIVE A REALLY REALLY LONG TIME! BUT I CANT HELP IT! I GET EXTREMELY MEAN AND CRANKY WHEN IM SLEEPY AND/ OR HUNGRY.

1 comment:

Wendy said...

Holy schmoly - ALL CAPS TYPING MEANS YOU'RE YELLING! My ears (and eyes) hurt.