I have recieved a complaint about my siesta plan. Some people are under the misguided impression that I no longer work and, therefore, have no need for a siesta. That is not true. I do work, only now it is a self-imposed work schedule. This has it’s benefits and drawbacks.

If you work for someone else, you have to do what they say on their time schedule even if you don’t feel like it. Your boss says show up Monday at 8am and you do. This is the down side. The up side is, you get paid.

Now my work is, admittedly, slightly different. A normal afternoon task, for instance, may be “sit on the deck and finish your book” or “play in the park with your dog.” The up side is I get to do fun stuff. The down side is, no one pays me.

And so, after a hard afternoon of listing to my inner moppet, I too may need a nice nap to recharge my system before settling down for an episode of Changing Spaces. It ain’t easy being a full time bum you know!