Last summer we had these hammock swings installed in our backyard, and ever since then I’ve lost so many afternoons just resting in the shade and totally falling asleep. Every time I end up doing this the wife tells me that I do it on purpose, because I know full well that once I lay down that I will eventually take a nap. Also, she says that I do this only when I have responsibilities that are coming up and that I want to try to get out of. I tell her that this is absurd of course because I would never try to dodge my responsibilities as a husband. And every time I say this she shoots me a look and lets me know that I’m totally full of it.
Yesterday I ended up dozing off for about an hour or so. I started dreaming about taking a vacation and even about that weird little Travelocity gnome. Apparently my unconscious associates this little guy with vacations, so when I was dreaming about seeing the Grand Canyon he was right there alongside me. Maybe I thought he was a guide or something, because as I was dreaming I remember thinking that this wasn’t all that strange at all.