Welcome to bedtime stories for grown-ups, in which nothing much happens. You feel good, and then you fall asleep. I'm Catherine Nikolai. I write and read all the stories

you hear and nothing much happens.

Audio engineering is by Bob Withersheme.

My book, also called Nothing Much Happens, is available wherever books are sold.

Thank you for your support. Let me say something about how to use this podcast. I'm going to tell you a story to help you

relax and drop off into sleep.

I'll tell it twice and I'll go a little bit slower the second time through.

The story is like a landing pad for your mind, a soft place for it to rest.

If you find yourself still awake at the end of the first or the second telling,

don't worry.

That's a good rule of thumb in general when you're trying to fall asleep. Don't worry. Relax.

Take your mind back to the beginning of the story and walk yourself through the details that you remember, especially

any bit that felt particularly cozy.

You're training your brain and body to wind down, and the more often you do it, the faster

you will fall asleep.

So have a bit of patience at the beginning.

Our story tonight is called A Block From Home,

and it's a story about the feeling of coming home after a long day and finding a quiet place to rest.

It's also about the feeling of being on your own time and having the space to do something or to do

nothing at all.

Now it's time to turn off the light.

Put away whatever you were working on or playing with

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