I had no idea! Do I get flowers?

Woah, apparently this month (Aug 2009) is National Napping Month!

(hmm, there’s no fancy official site or any “napping parties” or anything going on in honor of the occasion…maybe next year we should fix that!  What idea(s) do you guys like for celebrating Napping Month?  I can think of a few possibilities, but my favorite so far is the awareness-raising “Nap-in”.  Think dada protest meets flash mob.  ;)

Thanks to the very useful blog “The Sleep Process” for the info, as well as for this awesome quote on napping to celebrate the occasion:

“My fellow sleep specialist and I are campaigning to rehabilitate napping and demonstrate that taking naps is an excellent and respectable strategy for sleep management.  Naps can make you smarter, faster and safer than you would be without them.  They should be widely recognized as a powerful tool in battling fatigue, and the person who chooses to nap should be regarded as heroic.”

(William C. Dement, The Promise of Sleep, 1999)