Bedtime Is Not Up for Debate
At 8:30 she is in pajamas and nobody is talking her out of it. The pillow is cold side up and the phone is face down. Early sleepers are not boring. They are well rested and slightly superior about it.
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The champion napper: Twenty minutes on Sunday afternoon is sacred.
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Night shift nurses: Sleep happens at noon and it still counts.
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Your mom who goes to bed first: She leaves the party at nine and is right.
Dawn swimmers and dock sitters agree on one thing: the air after the water is colder than the water. This garment-dyed crewneck from Comfort Colors is ring-spun cotton in rich, lived-in color, with a relaxed fit and dropped shoulders that pull on over damp hair without an argument. Double-needle stitching holds through years of pod birthdays and beach bonfires (and the bachelorette weekend nobody photographs honestly). Preshrunk and made to keep its shape, it is the layer the whole pod borrows and nobody returns. Mermaid Dayz made it for the one who comes out of the water last.