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25 Stages of sleep in a heatwave. January 7, 2016 15:48
25 stages of sleep in a heatwave:
- Shower
- Get into bed.
- Turn off the light.
- Get plagued by mosquitoes.
- Put light back on.
- Get out of bed and apply bug repellant.
- Get back into bed.
- Get out of bed and put fan on.
- Get back into bed.
- Get out of bed and adjust fan so it blows directly on you.
- Get back into bed.
- Turn off light.
- Turn on light.
- Get out of bed and splash water all over yourself.
- Get back into bed.
- Kick covers and sheets until they fall to the floor.
- Turn off light.
- Don’t sleep.
- Convince your brain that the sound of the fan is falling rain.
- Drift off.
- Wake up at midnight shivering with cold.
- Crawl to foot of the bed to rescue discarded bedlinen.
- Settle down.
- Wake up with sweat plastering bedlinen to your body and your pillow drenched in sweat.
- Shower.
I’d love to hear about your attempts at sleep.
Try to sleep beautifully.
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