Napping Day

How perfect that Napping Day 2017 falls the day after the clocks went ahead for many of us......I we should just do what our cats ALWAYS do........

NAP!!!

 Think what a better world it would be if we all, the whole world, had cookies and milk about three o’clock every afternoon and then lay down on our blankets for a nap. 

– Barbara Jordan

Say It Isn't So: Daylight Saving Time

I'm tired.

I'm feeling out-of-sorts, cranky and off schedule (yep even being unemployed I DO have a schedule thank you very much!).

I'm TIRED!

I can't concentrate.

I'm T-I-R-E-D!!

Many of us in the U.S. and Canada follow Daylight Saving Time. It was bad enough when the clocks were turned ahead an hour the last week of April,  now the dreaded "spring-ahead-an-hour-and-want-to-scream-at-everyone-around-you-because-you-are-TIRED-event" (for me at least), takes place the second week of March. Couldn't "they" (whoever "they" ARE, leave well enough alone?)

While much of the rest of the country  are  preparing to tip-toe through their Spring tulips and are giggling at the prospect of longer days to come, those of us like myself who already don't get enough sleep, (I am often up til the wee hours of the morning and then I  awaken early) are seething.

I'm tired.

I need my sleep.

Ironically while I am sitting here at 12:20am, which to me is 11:20pm..(mentally changing the time when I look at the clock is a little game I will be playing for at least the next week), all I can hear is the tick, tick, tick of the wall clock in front of me...it's ticking beginning to sound like "Ha...ha...ha... I... got.... you".  

I'm TIRED!!

Don't mess with my clock, my routine, my internal alarm, don't mess with my sleep-deprived self!

You are probably asking "what in the heck does ANY of this have to do with cats? Isn't this a CAT BLOG for Pete's sake?"

Don't mess with me.

I told you... I'm TIRED!

I'm feeling out-of-sorts, cranky and off schedule.

"Cats don't like change

 without their consent."

Roger Caras

For the record....neither do I!

Now, if you'll kindly excuse me, I am going to bed. It's 1:15am or 12:15am or whatever it is and I'm TIRED!

Festival Of Sleep Day

Hi my furiends!! Here is a day that is right up our alley! Today is Festival Of Sleep Day!  Now for cats, that would be EVERY day, (because cats are smart like that!),  but it is pretty cool that there is a day designated to do what we do best!

History of Festival Of Sleep Day
According to Days of The Year:Nobody is quite sure when this holiday was founded, but it was founded by someone who had a profound and deep love of sleep. Sleep is a basic human function, and helps our bodies to regain energy for the next day, keeping our mind alert and ready for action. Having a lack of sleep can be fatal to the human body and mind. 

I think that whomever founded this day HAD to be a cat!! Cats are smart and know how important sleep is, (that is why we average between 16 and 20 hours a day), but humans? That is another story entirely! Many of our humans need to follow our lead and GET MORE SLEEP!

My Mom and my Dad walk around sleep deprived. Ok, most of the cause of Dad's sleep deprivation is due to ME waking him up anywhere from 3:30am to 5am, but if he went to bed earlier it wouldn't happen!! Mom sleeps through anything because she stays up til 2am!

Mom averages about 5 hours of sleep a night, and Dad has the same or less.

There are BAD things that can happen if Humans are sleep deprived:

They can have more auto accidents

 A lack of sleep affects how alert a human is, it makes them unable to concentrate and reason well and it affects their problem-solving skills. It also affects their ability to learn and remember.

Most humans need a minimum of 7 hours of sleep a night in order to function at peak. There are many dangerous health affects that happen due to a lack of sleep as well. One of them is it can make you GAIN weight! (Mom learned that in Weight Watchers.) If someone is sleep deprived they are more likely to make bad food choices, (such as reaching for carbs for a quick "high", which also leads to an equally quick crash! It's due to an abnormal spike of sugar). Days of the Year lists other serious health problems that can arise due to a lack of sleep:

• Heart Disease
• Heart Attack
• Heart Failure
• Irregular Heartbeat
• High Blood Pressure
• Stroke
• Diabetes

If you ask me, that's one pretty scary list! If Mom didn't stay up til 2am nearly every night watching late night TV and sometimes reading email, then maybe she wouldn't be so tired! She says that this year she is going to try and get at least six hours of sleep a night. It's not great, but it is better than what she is currently getting.

I say she should follow the lead of cats and sleep wherever and whenever she wants to! (Ok not when she is driving, but whenever she won't endanger herself or others!)  What about your humans kitties? Do they get enough sleep? Could they learn from you?