Test nap

(Zra needs to know about this.)

Tonight I took an after-dinner test nap using our new wool blanket from Sierra Trading Post.

There's nothing quite like a 20-minute nap on the couch in our unheated living room, wrapped in a wool blanket. (If it wasn't for the weight of wool, I'd gladly give up my lightweight sleeping bag on self-contained bicycle tours, and sleep in a wool blanket instead. If native Americans used to survive the winter in them, surely I could manage a bike tour.)

We have a couple of nice, soft wool blankets to choose from for the purpose. But both are getting threadbare and holey. We needed a new one.

This one claims to be some kind of Swiss Army blanket. The sales woman warned my wife that it was narrower than most. But that's not a problem.

The wool isn't as fine and soft as our others. The blanket is thicker and a little scratchier, but not so much that I was uncomfortable wearing a short-sleeved t-shirt. It means I will probably give it up when it gets warmer, though, even at temperatures when the old ones still worked.

The main problem is it is too warm. The warmth caused me to sleep too long, and I barely woke up in time for the MSU Spartans basketball game. (I have the same problem with my new winter jacket. It's so warm and comfy that a couple of times when I wore it for a nap, once at home and once on an all-nighter at work, I slept way too long -- far past my once-reliable 20 minutes.)