How Baby

Subtitle: “do you have a strict set of requirements to fall asleep, or are you neurotypical?”

YES the room has to be totally dark, and YES, I can TELL, even with my eyes covered. Which, of course, they have to be, but not with a mask. Just a shirt. A soft one. Obviously. And nothing BETTER be touching my feet…!

For the first time in my life I’ve been getting insomnia, about two or three times a month. I’ve also transformed from ‘person who can fall asleep on a row of throw pillows laid out on the floor’ to ‘person who has a very precise sleep ecosystem which must always be obeyed’, which is probably somewhat related.

And then… there’s Momo, still in the prime of her ‘can sleep anywhere’ life. I’d say I’m envious, but I’d rather her sleep well than the opposite. Had enough of that for one lifetime!

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TRANSCRIPT

(Textless; three panels of Momo sleeping in uncomfortable positions: on the floor playing with toys, curled up with Genji (cat) and Juno (large dog) on a beanbag, and against the window of a car)

Panel 4: Lindsay, asleep, with handwritten captions detailing a checklist of sleep needs: eyes covered, no one touching, blanket folded under arms so they don’t touch skin, blanket up to chin, totally dark, knee pillow, and temperature control feeties sticking out of the blanket.

Panel 5: Eyes, wide open and angry in the darkness, captioned: STILL AWAKE