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Thursday, December 10, 2009

yup, I was right

All those years ago, I would lay in bed, hearing the vague echoes of some 1980's sitcom filtering down the hallway, fighting off sleep by imagining all the fun that was being had in the living room. I remember my eyes filling up with tears at the sheer UNFAIRNESS of it all. Why, oh why, did they get to stay up when I was forced to head to dreamland and miss it all.

Well, I was right. And being on the other side of this equation is pretty darn sweet.

That's all that I could think tonight when JAM and Red were playing their ridiculous we-don't-want-to-go-to-sleep games. When they came down the first time, I was comfy on the couch watching TV, and the jealousy was apparent in their eyes. When they came down the second time, I was enjoying a big cold glass of Tang, something I'm sure they wouldn't have passed up if it had been offered to them in the moment. But when JAM came down the third time and I was eating a bowl of ice cream (small... really... good for a sore throat!), and I saw an immediately recognizable expression cross his face.

Yup, he might think it's unfair, but it's looking good to me now, all these years later. His day will come, too, but he's gotta wait for it just like I did.


Really wanting you to believe that it was a small bowl of ice cream,

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5 comments:

  1. Bowie Mike12/11/2009 2:26 AM

    I used to use any delay tactic possible. If my parents said I had to go to bed after a certain show was over, then I insisted on watching all of the credits scroll by on the screen before I went to bed.

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  2. Unknown12/11/2009 11:05 AM

    This makes me smile.

    Kyle (5) is ignorant. I think that he thinks life stops when his little head hits the pillow, but Amanda (11) -- she knows. In fact, she's in on it. Sometimes she'll ask about staying up late to watch a show or having some kind of dessert, and I'll say no -- in front of her brother -- but give her the "just wait until he's in bed" nod.

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  3. 2cats12/11/2009 10:37 PM

    When my son was growing up we went to bed at the same time.We had to get up so early in the morning that by night time we were both ready for bed.
    If we did stay up we stayed up together. Usually it ws for a science show or for if there was something going on in the night sky.

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  4. Michelle12/12/2009 8:49 PM

    I'm with ya there... so with ya. Although the wee ones know to STAY IN THEIR ROOMS if they know what's good for them (and they want to keep their stuffed animals) ;) A bowl of ice cream does sound really good right about now though. Hmmm.

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  5. Scott Mooney12/14/2009 8:37 AM

    yup... small.... sssuuuuuurrrreeeee...

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