When I couldn't sleep, I would have to walk around the coffee table an even number (not odd) of times, then I could go back to bed and go to sleep.
A childhood belief about around the house

others believed things like this
- I used to think that the sleep in my eyes at the breakfast table were toast crumbs.— crawford
- I used to believe when I was 5 that I was special because I couldn't get to sleep until 11pm at night — Carrie
- i used to believe that when you went to sleep you died and then came back to life in the morning— soph
- I was told that if you sleep on your back you swallow your tongue...I have been sleeping on my side ever since— scotty la
- I used to only sleep on my back because I thought I would break my ribs if I slept on my stomach.— Molly
- I used to believe that the only way to get to the next day was to go to sleep.— C.C.