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<p>I cannot sleep! Yesterday during my typical 3 pm lull, I was struggling to doze off. As a late 40&#8217;s guy, I&#8217;ve never struggled to get at least 15 winks here and there at the computer, while pretending to do work, but lately it&#8217;s been a struggle bus. It would be easy to blame things such as exciting work, or co-workers that say interesting things, but I can&#8217;t even fall back on that. I can&#8217;t even blame it on my lack of energy. I got plenty of lack there.  No, the reason I haven&#8217;t been able to get any sleep at all is my stupid pillows. I wake up every afternoon with a sore neck, because the pillow is either too high, or too low. I can&#8217;t seem to get it at the right height. One pillow is too hard, the other is too thin and none of them contour to my misshapen head correctly. I just can&#8217;t take not being able to sleep at work anymore. OFF WITH ITS HEAD!  </p>



<p>I know my priorities and I am immediately going to get on the internet and find the world&#8217;s best pillow. I will not work, I will not eat, I will not drink a sip of water, until I get a pillow into that checkout cart, shipped immediately to my door (though I will finish the rest of this blog post. Priorities amiright?) My shoulders and neck will not wait another day for this pillow to make it easier to sleep at work. </p>



<p>So can we just get through this blog post, so I can get back to sleeping? Geez, you guys are demanding with your need to have Bitter Friday Giftures. Fine, I&#8217;ll do it, but I&#8217;m not going to like it&#8230;</p>



<p><strong>I know lady&#8230;</strong></p>



<figure class="wp-block-image"><img src="https://media2.giphy.com/media/hRCm63eLPx2AJLojjo/200.gif?cid=ecf05e47rv5xmcub92vcmvdl8wdcyfqxfo00fkp4sgzhetrn&amp;rid=200.gif" alt="No Sleep GIF by memecandy" /><figcaption><strong>&#8230;can you just get me a pillow already?</strong></figcaption></figure>



<p><strong>I&#8217;m like this&#8230; </strong></p>



<figure class="wp-block-image"><img src="https://media4.giphy.com/media/7zMxwVRIkl8vQhnH1V/200.gif?cid=ecf05e47rv5xmcub92vcmvdl8wdcyfqxfo00fkp4sgzhetrn&amp;rid=200.gif" alt="Tired Heart Condition GIF by Bounce" /><figcaption><strong>&#8230;I can&#8217;t seem to fall fully asleep at work. </strong></figcaption></figure>



<p><strong>I haven&#8217;t slept this bad.</strong>..</p>



<figure class="wp-block-image"><img src="https://media0.giphy.com/media/35MBDcsFLy7imX2aDy/200w.gif?cid=ecf05e47rv5xmcub92vcmvdl8wdcyfqxfo00fkp4sgzhetrn&amp;rid=200w.gif" alt="when youre expecting canadian GIF by CBC" /><figcaption><strong>&#8230;since the 10-12 years when my kids were babies.</strong></figcaption></figure>



<p><strong>Everyone is trying so hard to be woke these days&#8230;</strong></p>



<figure class="wp-block-image"><img src="https://media1.giphy.com/media/xULW8uYVeNcqgmyxry/200w.gif?cid=ecf05e47vv3pqfw270ff7ux1ooqiw1o7hslcpp325cfcjd74&amp;rid=200w.gif" alt="Jessica Chastain Snl GIF by Saturday Night Live" /><figcaption><strong>&#8230;while I&#8217;m just sitting here trying to stay asleep. </strong></figcaption></figure>



<p><strong>I&#8217;m going to be really mad&#8230;</strong></p>



<figure class="wp-block-image is-resized"><img src="https://media3.giphy.com/media/MC6eSuC3yypCU/200w.gif?cid=ecf05e47niwr1dhs705so2qk51em64gcgfhcmjgkkq1957tl&amp;rid=200w.gif" alt="matrix GIF" width="310" height="166" /><figcaption><strong>&#8230;if we are in the Matrix and I still feel like I&#8217;m not asleep.</strong></figcaption></figure>



<p><strong>This is the angle that my pillow is at&#8230;</strong></p>



<figure class="wp-block-image"><img src="https://media0.giphy.com/media/9xghRpNzijsqFzrRBG/giphy.gif?cid=ecf05e47rv5xmcub92vcmvdl8wdcyfqxfo00fkp4sgzhetrn&amp;rid=giphy.gif" alt="Keep It 100 Turn Around GIF by Dr. Donna Thomas Rodgers" /><figcaption><strong>&#8230;and it at just the perfect angle to give my neck maximum soreness.</strong></figcaption></figure>



<p><strong>If I could only watch TV and play video games at work&#8230;</strong></p>



<figure class="wp-block-image"><img src="https://media4.giphy.com/media/nbOLuAhvsibaMyxTQe/giphy.gif?cid=ecf05e4771qoi4pwzxml1dfi1bskwux7owsd6lqres0elfke&amp;rid=giphy.gif" alt="watching season 3 GIF by Animal Kingdom on TNT" /><figcaption><strong>&#8230;it would make it so much easier to fall asleep. </strong></figcaption></figure>



<p><strong>I know boring meetings work for most people&#8230;</strong></p>



<figure class="wp-block-image"><img src="https://media1.giphy.com/media/Yq34c2l2cdqp0MrPei/200w.gif?cid=ecf05e47l12y5gqddqee3mv4jr7q8ylbm3h7bpd78agblo37&amp;rid=200w.gif" alt="ict_mrp school tired bored teacher GIF" /><figcaption><strong>&#8230;but that I when I like to stare daggers at co-workers and bosses. </strong></figcaption></figure>



<p><strong>Who can sleep at night&#8230;</strong></p>



<figure class="wp-block-image is-resized"><img src="https://media4.giphy.com/media/3orieTTMXIQijbKZ2M/200w.gif?cid=ecf05e4751t5oys2q1sv9io5260ofnandm8gtb9lm4rwxo3l&amp;rid=200w.gif" alt="cheers GIF by The Hills" width="330" height="188" /><figcaption><strong>&#8230;when there is so much more interesting things going on?</strong></figcaption></figure>



<p><strong>Sleep is even more productive&#8230;</strong></p>



<figure class="wp-block-image is-resized"><img src="https://media4.giphy.com/media/Tg6fTeESuTRxKVspiX/200w.gif?cid=ecf05e47rv5xmcub92vcmvdl8wdcyfqxfo00fkp4sgzhetrn&amp;rid=200w.gif" alt="Angry Jean Yoon GIF by Kim's Convenience" width="391" height="221" /><figcaption><strong>&#8230;when you can make it harder for other people to sleep. </strong></figcaption></figure>



<p><strong>And nightmares are so much less fun&#8230;</strong></p>



<figure class="wp-block-image"><img src="https://media1.giphy.com/media/McmLoTZCMUkoZGPXU6/200.gif?cid=ecf05e47leo06zu7290xklss2c8e5gmhicqbbjfanhmc2puq&amp;rid=200.gif" alt="Season 5 Nightmare GIF by Friends" /><figcaption><strong>&#8230;when you can&#8217;t wake from a deep sleep.</strong></figcaption></figure>



<p><strong>And most of all&#8230;</strong></p>



<figure class="wp-block-image"><img src="https://media0.giphy.com/media/S9oOiPA3AlyO3FHc8D/200.gif?cid=ecf05e47o2x1j4wcoq2c0uwdho0zxbmdvvizx6w66jovm5ub&amp;rid=200.gif" alt="Night And Day Gamer GIF by Jin" /><figcaption><strong>&#8230;it&#8217;s important to get as much sleep at work as possible, so you can stay up late at night playing video games.</strong></figcaption></figure>



<p>So, my question to all of you is&#8230;what is the best pillow to get? Which do you recommend? How much is it and can you get me a discount? Or perhaps do you work at a pillow factory and can you send me them for free? </p>



<p>ARRRRRRRGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHH</p>



<p>Bitter Bad Rest because of Bad Pillow Ben</p>
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