A Little Peace and Quiet

Maybe it's the spring weather or just the number of stressful things I've had to deal with, but I've been feeling pretty run down lately. After waiting 45 minutes in my office for a student who never showed up to take a make-up test, I came home to have lunch, work on a proofreading job and clean up a little before the student I tutor comes by for his lesson. Somewhere along the way an overwhelming urge for a nap overtook me and I decided to use the niftly little nap timer on my alarm clock and sleep for 25 minutes. This coincided perfectly with my neighbor deciding to let the dog out. The dog then proceeded to bark more or less the entire 25 minutes of my nap. My alarm apparently shut the dog up for a couple of minutes. He then continued to bark for a couple more until the neighbor put him back in the house. It is now nice and quiet in the neighborhood again. *sigh*