What is the difference between these two sets of actions?
1.I turned of the light, kicking off my slippers sitting on the bed, and after a little while I got into bed.2.I turned off the light, sitting on my bed kicking off my slippers, and in a little while I got into bed.

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you would not say "In a while, I got into bed."

"in a while" suggests a future action, while "got into bed" is in the past.

Set 1 is the correct way to say this.

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