<p><em>“Napping is too luxurious, too sybaritic, too unproductive, and it’s free; pleasures for which we don’t pay make us anxious”</em><br />
&#0160;&#0160;&#0160; &#0160;&#0160;&#0160; &#0160;&#0160;&#0160; &#0160;&#0160;&#0160; &#0160;&#0160;&#0160; --Barbara Holland, <a href="http://">Endangered Pleasures:&#0160; In Defense of Naps, Bacon, Martinis, Profanity and Other Indulgences</a><img border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=mothisblisort-20&amp;l=ur2&amp;o=1" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; font-family: yui-tmp;" width="1" /></p>

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Americans are afraid of naps.&#0160; I for one, am proof of that.&#0160; I am always exhausted, and I wear it as a badge of honor, like an idiot happily wearing a paper cone on her head.&#0160; </p>

<p>Why do we fight the urge to nap?&#0160; As a mother, I live for naps.&#0160; The kid’s naps, I mean.&#0160; I know that they are happier kids every time they nap.&#0160; They are able to focus, smile more, and are an all-around pleasure to be around.&#0160; When they skip a nap, or when they fight sleep, they are nothing short of a hysterical mess.&#0160; And you know what? The same applies to adults.</p><p>Including me. *gulp*</p>

<p>So I will try to nap more.&#0160; Maybe I will be more fun to be around.&#0160; Maybe I will regain my pre-motherhood brain? Who knows! That would certainly be a bonus!&#0160; At least I will lose the dark circles under my eyes. Think of the amount of money I&#39;ll save on concealer alone.</p>
