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<p>You know those days when you wake up and you instantly regret waking up? I&#8217;m sure I have a lot of dreams that I just don&#8217;t remember, but I&#8217;m almost always sure that the dream is better than the reality. So I wake up, tired, sore, groggy and needing more rest and I instantly regret it. I&#8217;m sure there are some ultra positive people out there (none that read this blog I&#8217;m sure) that wake up, soothed, refreshed, smiling and happy. Oh wait, nope those are movie characters that somehow wake up without an alarm clock at 9 am with the sun and somehow are excited to go to work. Yes, those are made up people. You know what else is made up? These bitter Friday Giftures which will tell how much better it is to be sleeping than awake.</p>
<p><strong>See&#8230;</strong></p>
<div style="width: 490px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img src="https://media.giphy.com/media/jxbExfjAykbLeqh5vM/giphy.gif" alt="" width="480" height="270" /><p class="wp-caption-text"><strong>&#8230;even hyper people like dragonflies struggle to get out of bed. </strong></p></div>
<p><strong>Movie character&#8230;</strong></p>
<div style="width: 510px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img style="font-size:1em;" src="https://media.giphy.com/media/l46CBvLI7Q7YthRzG/giphy.gif" alt="" width="500" height="281" /><p class="wp-caption-text"><strong>getting out of bed. </strong></p></div>
<p><strong>Just another reason&#8230;</strong></p>
<div style="width: 730px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img src="https://media.giphy.com/media/l41lLsIkfHpJlhR9m/giphy.gif" alt="" width="720" height="480" /><p class="wp-caption-text"><strong>&#8230;why you should never wake up. </strong></p></div>
<p><strong>When you wake up&#8230;</strong></p>
<div style="width: 442px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img src="https://media.giphy.com/media/Pmc0PM7tdCp7G/giphy.gif" alt="" width="432" height="314" /><p class="wp-caption-text"><strong>&#8230;the world just seems to be against you. </strong></p></div>
<p><strong>You seem to&#8230;</strong></p>
<div style="width: 394px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img src="https://media.giphy.com/media/l396J8if3vAF0MqnC/giphy-downsized-large.gif" alt="" width="384" height="376" /><p class="wp-caption-text"><strong>&#8230;lose your balance. </strong></p></div>
<p><strong>Everything just seems&#8230;</strong></p>
<div style="width: 354px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img src="https://media.giphy.com/media/l3E6qE2AyP2tUbu00/giphy-downsized-large.gif" alt="" width="344" height="384" /><p class="wp-caption-text"><strong>&#8230;backward.</strong></p></div>
<p><strong>Nothing seems&#8230;</strong></p>
<div style="width: 260px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img src="https://media.giphy.com/media/9XXBywtEWmkiA/giphy.gif" alt="" width="250" height="200" /><p class="wp-caption-text"><strong>&#8230;to fall in place. </strong></p></div>
<p><strong>All you see&#8230;</strong></p>
<div style="width: 310px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img src="https://media.giphy.com/media/DbbHysLg3LCF2/giphy.gif" alt="" width="300" height="223" /><p class="wp-caption-text"><strong>&#8230;is just a bunch of barriers. </strong></p></div>
<p><strong>You just can&#8217;t&#8230;</strong></p>
<div style="width: 235px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img src="https://media.giphy.com/media/26HtfVbHL490I/giphy.gif" alt="" width="225" height="300" /><p class="wp-caption-text"><strong>&#8230;get into the swing of things. </strong></p></div>
<p><strong>You just can&#8217;t&#8230;</strong></p>
<div style="width: 290px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img src="https://media.giphy.com/media/IKt7XHFazytkk/giphy.gif" alt="" width="280" height="234" /><p class="wp-caption-text"><strong>&#8230;sink your teeth into anything. </strong></p></div>
<p><strong>There is just&#8230;</strong></p>
<div style="width: 363px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img src="https://media.giphy.com/media/3o7ZeyydI8RxJ8RkE8/giphy.gif" alt="" width="353" height="200" /><p class="wp-caption-text"><strong>&#8230;no balance in life. </strong></p></div>
<p><strong>Most all&#8230;</strong></p>
<div style="width: 180px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img src="https://media.giphy.com/media/uCpZlWnpxKzKg/giphy.gif" alt="" width="170" height="225" /><p class="wp-caption-text"><strong>&#8230;you just daydream about sleeping anyways. </strong></p></div>
<p>Now, don&#8217;t you just instantly regret waking up today? Aren&#8217;t you thinking how it would be way better to go back to bed? It&#8217;s Friday. There is no reason to go to work except bide your time eating pizza and waiting for that clock to hit 3:30 pm or 5:00 pm or whenever you are finally excused to go home to that bitter bed or couches to get some zzzzz&#8217;s.</p>
<p>What is your favorite place to ignore others? Is it under the desk at work? Is it in your car? Do you like sleeping in the library? Or are you more of a traditionalist like me who just sleeps on his couch?</p>
<p>ARRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH</p>
<p>Bitter Sleep Deprived Ben</p>
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