Long Lost Sleep

 After a long, exhausting day, the only thing all of us look forward to is SLEEP. So, as soon as you finish off the last crumbs on your dinner plate, you fling yourself onto your bed, rest yourself in a comfortable position, get your pillow nice and fluffed up, and throw the blankets on yourself. But then...

You just realised that you still have your big, wobbly earrings on. So you throw back the blankets and remove your earrings and leave them in their box. And then you're back in your bed, and just as your eyelids are about to close...

You realise that you haven't brushed your teeth. So, yet again, your throw back the blankets and get off the bed, letting the annoying, creaky sound fill your head. And then you throw open the door to your bathroom, get your brush ready and squeeze toothpaste onto it, but...

The tube seemed to have a hole on the back, which you sadly hadn't noticed. And you get toothpaste all over your hands. Fuming, you wash your hands and get things done. And again, you're back in your bed, tucked comfortably back into the blankets. And exactly when your eyelids close and your brain is about to drift off to sleep...

You realise that you're still in your extra frilly, sweaty and super long gown. After releasing an incredibly exasperated sigh, you throw back the blanket, get off bed and head to the closet to get changed. Soon enough, you're back in the bed, with the blankets back on, and half-asleep already, when...

You hear your phone chime. And your eyes snap back open, when you just realised you haven't logged into Duolingo yet. And then, you throw back the blankets aggressively, positively annoyed by the fact that something's always keeping you from falling asleep. After a boring French lesson, you tuck yourself back in bed. But you're unable to find sleep...

You get yourself a glass of water. Then go back to bed. Still unable to sleep, you try adjusting your position.

Still no sleep.

You get more water.

Still no sleep.

You listen to soothing, calming bedtime music.

Still no sleep.

Finally, you get fed up and just lie in your bed, idle, sleepless, with a scowl placed on your face. And like, 5 minutes later, you hear your alarm blaring, striving to wake you up.

And just then, you realised, that you had finally slept, for not 5 minutes, but 10 hours. But when you hop out of bed, you realised...

Your earrings were still on.

Your extra frilly, sweaty and super long gown was still on you.

Your phone constantly chiming, with Duolingo sending you messages that you forgot to do your lesson and lost your streak.

The glass of water was not on your bedside table.

And all those stuff which had stopped you from sleeping, well, they were all part of a dream.