Dispatches from a Porch Swing

Dispatches from a Porch Swing

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Dispatches from a Porch Swing
Nap

Nap

“Maybe I should muscle through until at least it’s dark.”

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Jen Deaderick
Sep 07, 2023
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I’d really like to nap, but if I do it now I’ll sleep until midnight and then wake up all confused.

I could read then, I guess. Sometimes it’s nice to be up in the middle of the night. I could watch a movie, eat snacks.

There’s always the possibility I would wake up at seven, though, which would be terrible. I’d have to wait hours to be sleepy again.

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