I just fell asleep all of a sudden and about knocked myself out on the edge of the table. #needanap
— SocaMom (@SocaMomDC) October 9, 2012
I get so jealous sometimes when I see the kids sleeping peacefully.
Duet by Weird Al Yankovic and Kate Winslet on Sandra Boynton’s “Dog Train”
I couldn’t wait to grow up. If I knew I’d be leaving that good, peaceful, carefree sleep behind, I would have savored each and every second.
Whenever one of the five of us is cranky, someone breaks into “I Need a Nap!” Love this song.
Weird Al: Well, the sun is still high in the afternoon sky, but the morning seems so long ago. I was happy before and I’m not anymore, though why there’s a change, I don’t know.
Kate: I’m so tired of this day, and I don’t want to play, and I don’t want a story to read. But I look in your eyes, and at once realize, that I know what it is-
Weird Al: Yes I know what it is
My life is now a blur of 5 hour energy, tea, and coffee. When I finally do fall asleep, I jump up in a panic like I may have missed an appointment, forgotten something on the stove, or overslept.
Both: Now I know what it is that I need… I need a nap!
Back in January, I wrote about taking more naps for health reasons – I need to get back to that plan.
Kate: I just can’t take anymore
Both: I need a nap!
Weird Al: Can’t stay awake anymore
Both: No more running around I just need to lie down and sleep.
I admit it, I am always moving and doing something. If I am not doing anything, I feel like I am being useless. Sometimes when I am doing something, I feel like I could be doing more. Crazy, right? Meanwhile, my body is like, ‘Really woman? Are you kidding me?’
Weird Al: I don’t know what to do, I just can’t make it through, I want something or nothing right now.
Kate: I am mad and upset. What I want I don’t get. I don’t know what I want, anyhow.
Weird Al: I’ve been doing my best, now I just want to rest. On the rug, on the floor, I don’t care.
Right this very minute, the hubby is passed out face down on the floor in the middle of the living room. He doesn’t play with his sleep. If he needs it, he gets it. Sleep is not a game.
Me? I am here writing a blog post and helping baby girl make a greeting card out of foam shapes, glue, construction paper, and crayons. The boys are hiding because they know any minute I will say that it is time for them to go to their bed. Now, I don’t play with their bedtime. I homeschool, so I NEED for them to be quiet and asleep at a certain time to maintain my sanity.
Kate: Now the feeling’s so strong, but this song is too long, it’s the wrong kind of song and it seems to be going nowhere.
Both: Nowhere! Oh, I need a nap! I just can’t take anymore! I need a nap! Can’t stay awake anymore! No more running around I just need to lie down and sleep. Let me sleep! There are times in the day when the going gets tough. When you just have to say you’ve done more than enough.
Everybody has full bellies, clean underwear, and all is right in their worlds – should be enough right? Nope. I am never done. I don’t think I’ll ever truly believe that I have done “more than enough”.
Weird Al: I can’t think of more stuff that will rhyme with enough.
Me neither Al. Matter of fact – I can’t think.
Both: So enough is enough. Is enough is enough. Is enough is enough is enough is enough is enough is enough is– I need a nap!
Weird Al: Why does this song go on?
Both: I need a nap!
Weird Al: When all my strength is gone?
Both: I need a nap!
Kate: Please let me close my eyes.
Both: I need a nap! I don’t wanna– harmonize– with you– with me–
Weird Al: Change key!!
(Kate: Make him stop!!)
Both: I need a nap! I just can’t take anymore. I need a nap!
Weird Al: Can’t stay awake anymore!! (Kate: Aaaugh!)
Both: You can follow my lead as this song loses speed, now I need an immediate nap!
You can get this song by Weird Al Yankovic and Kate Winslet and others here: Dog Train CD: And 16 Other Improbable Songs
Good night all!
