NAP TIME

If you ever feel like no one cares and no one calls you, take a nap. My battery is always full and energized but sometimes when I feel I should take a nap to recharge, I know exactly what will happen.

My naps are usually a half hour long, and I wake up exactly in a half hour without an alarm clock, just like every morning in any time zone 4:00 AM is my natural wakeup time.

The following is the honest truth and I am not exaggerating. Every time I decide to take a nap while on the East coast, I call the office and home and ask them if they need me for anything, and let them know I am going to take a nap and will call them as soon as I wake up.

Without fail, as soon as I am in my dreams floating away, the phone rings and it is usually advertising for carpet cleaning, cell phone promotions, or request for political contributions from the parties that I have lost faith in.

A few weeks ago I was under the weather in California and stayed home to work as much as I could and rest to get over it. I was able to work 15-20 minutes at a time and had to lie down to overcome my fever and headache. As soon as I would fall asleep, the phone would ring and it began- A roofing company wanting to know if we needed roof work, a carpet cleaning company had a special for the Christmas holidays, and insurance companies wanted to know if I wanted to lower my rate. The only thing I wanted to lower was my fever and they were not letting me. The last call while I was trying to take my fourth nap really got me: Tree trimming before the holidays to make the outside decoration stand out. I asked the person calling (with my headache and fever), “Do you have a special bureau that tells you I am home sick that prompts you to call? Is there a conspiracy to my illness that all these calls are coming in?” She was stunned and asked me what I was taking about. I told her about all the calls coming in. I asked her to please call the conspiracy center and ask them to take me off the list. We both laughed.

This happens to me all the time whether I am on the West coast, East coast, or Mid west. The bureau will get the message when I am taking a nap and the signals go out……..”CALL FRED NOW”.

Who I really feel sorry for are the stay- home moms that have so much to do at home with new babies. Calls coming in are either waking up the baby or taking them away from the busy day they have to cope with, And what about those people recovering from illnesses or surgeries?

Also do not forget the evenings. As soon as you are done with dinner and sit down to watch a new program, the political calls start coming in. I tell them to get a great candidate that you do not have to call to raise money for and people would be glad to give money to. All these candidates with no agenda and the same message as 50 years ago are saying the same thing and are still trying to sell the garbage.

Well I hope your naps are pleasant and the bureau does not have your number yet. Me? I guess I have to live with it and it is a way of life with me until the bureau gives up on me by not buying anything they sell on the phone.