{"id":3122,"date":"2015-07-24T05:30:29","date_gmt":"2015-07-24T15:30:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/?p=3122"},"modified":"2015-07-25T13:12:04","modified_gmt":"2015-07-25T23:12:04","slug":"ode-to-the-nap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/?p=3122","title":{"rendered":"Ode to the nap"},"content":{"rendered":"

My first grade teacher knew what life would bring.<\/p>\n

She prepared us by showing the one true way to put things in perspective.<\/p>\n

\"School-kids-napping-sized\"<\/a>A lesson well learned and remembered to this day.<\/p>\n

When things get too much – sack out for a bit.<\/p>\n

Then we grew up and naps on the floor were such a silly thing.<\/p>\n

Why sleep on the floor when you can sleep at your desk?<\/p>\n

Allow me to say it before you do –<\/p>\n

\"Sleep<\/a>If God wanted us to sleep at our desk, there would a chair growing out of our butt.<\/p>\n

Feel better?<\/p>\n

Many years ago when former Honolulu City Council member Rod Tam was in the State Senate he wanted to pass a bill giving government workers time off for a nap and free snacks every day.<\/p>\n

We all laughed him out-of-town.<\/p>\n

Stupid of me.<\/p>\n

When I got older I realized what a genius idea this was and I stopped laughing.<\/p>\n

\"Head<\/a>There has been more than once I got a quick snooze at my desk trying to look like I was reading something.<\/p>\n

I never fooled anyone.<\/p>\n

They laughed at me and then went to their desk and crashed for a bit.<\/p>\n

We were all more productive in the afternoon.<\/p>\n

Something bosses are genetically predisposed to not understand.<\/p>\n

When I became the boss I stopped understanding too.<\/p>\n

I think it’s something they put in the air in the boss part of the building.<\/p>\n

Anyway…<\/p>\n

Meet Joan Faus Vitoria.<\/p>\n

\"Some<\/a>He’s the Mayor of the Spanish city of Ador in Valencia, Spain.<\/p>\n

I can’t find his picture so here’s some French guy.<\/p>\n

He issued a proclamation creating an official afternoon nap time for the entire city.<\/p>\n

This smart, progressive person declared 2 to 5 pm as the official time for the city\u2019s residents to take their afternoon siesta.<\/p>\n

More importantly. he’s telling residents to keep children indoors so they do not go outside and play with balls and disturb old people like me.<\/p>\n

Very considerate, this mayor.<\/p>\n

\"Nap<\/a>Scientists say study after study shows a 30-minute snooze can help relieve stress and bolster the immune systems by restoring hormones and proteins to normal levels.<\/p>\n

Everybody should nap.<\/p>\n

Except maybe the pilot flying the plane you’re on or the doctor while doing stuff to your insides.<\/p>\n

I guess it would be a bad thing while making whoopee too.
\nAlthough I expect that happens a lot.<\/p>\n

Not that I would know.
\nHeh.<\/p>\n

Now, every time the wife says I’m grumpy I say I’m going to take a nap.
\nLife is good.<\/p>\n

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