The $12 Nap

Lola and Locke decided that they were through with napping about 6 months ago. The problem with that decision is that they still NEED naps. So a couple times a week, when tempers began to flare or it became clear they desperately needed sleep, I would them out "to run errands" because I knew that it wouldn't take 15 minutes of driving before they'd both be asleep.

Sometimes, when the weather was nice and cool, I could stop the car, roll down the windows and read. Then, when it got too hot to do that, I'd just drive around, exploring new neighborhoods or checking out shop windows. I called it the "rolling nap."

Now that gas prices have skyrocketed, I call it the $12 nap.