I pass a supermarket each morning when I exit the train station for work. As I walk by, I think of the photo I wanted to take but didn't get to before the sign was stolen...
In Australia, there's this phrase people use to talk about how excited they are about an upcoming event, trip, or holiday. It reminds me of being a little kid and not being able to fall asleep because I'm so excited about something.
The first time I heard it was on the way to surf camp when speaking with one of the instructors he told me he was going surfing in Bali soon..."Seven sleeps until Bali!"
I heard it several other times around the office or through friends...but I didn't realize the extent of the phrase until I saw a sign outside the supermarket that was a countdown...
"20 Sleeps Until Christmas!"
Each day they tore off a number...until some little hooligan stole the sign :( How was I to know how many sleeps until Christmas?!? Guess everyone else figured it out...
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Right after I read this post, I read a book set in Ten Sleep, Wyoming, a tiny town that was named after what the Indians called it. It was a 20 day trip between two big Indian camps, and that was half way. So it was ten sleeps to either camp from that place.
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