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Left: Christopher and Nico on Soarin' at Epcot


August 27, 2014


“But I don’t want to go to bed.”

It’s late, and tomorrow is a school day, besides there’s work, don’t be a jerk, lets hit the hay, before it gets too late.

“But I don’t have to got to bed. It just isn’t time. ”

We’re very tired. Please lets just go to bed. It’s time for goodnight, sleep tight, don’t let the bedbugs bite, remember all that stuff.

“But I don’t want to go to bed. I want to watch TV.”

It’s been a long day, full of activity, we did so much and it’s that time. Come on lets go count some sheep and fall asleep.

“This is unfair I shouldn’t be forced to go to bed because, it’s not that I don’t care. I don’t want to go to bed.”

I’m making sure your fully rested for tomorrow. It was a long day today. It was a long day yesterday and we’re in for a long day tomorrow, surly you can see the bed was made for you and me. Let’s close our eyes and catch a wink.

“But I can rest off and on during the day. Life isn’t always go, go, go. Please, I just want to stay up a little while longer. I promise I’ll remember the bed when it’s time. I don’t want to go to bed.”

See, you’re so tired, because you’re not making decisions based on what’s best for you. I’m helping you if you’d only just listen. Time for some shut eye and close the business.

“But I know what’s good for me; I’m not ready to go to bed. I can determine what the best time is for me to go to bed. I don’t feel like it’s that time as of yet.”

It’s healthy to sleep early. Don’t ya know the human body needs eight hours of rest?

“But I’m well rested because I have sat around today. Little activity, less exertion, equals more rest. Besides, I don’t want to go to bed.”

What if you wake up in the middle of the night and can’t go back to sleep. Sometimes warm milk won’t always put you to sleep. You’ll be grateful for those first few hours of rest you had.

“I’m just not ready for bed. There’s no need for it. It is what it is but I don’t have to do it. I don’t wanna go to bed.”

Don’t you realize I can’t let you be? The night isn’t still young sleep has begun.

“I can sleep here or there or anywhere. I can watch TV while I sleep. But right now I don’t want to go to bed. “

Soon you will see it’s bed for you and me regardless how bad you want to stay awake, I’m telling you for your own good to put the remote down, slide under the covers, close your eyes because it’s sleepy time.

I love you my boys, Nico and Christopher, but I just don’t want to sleep. I’m dad, I can decided when it’s best for bed but I don’t want to sleep, or hit the hay, maybe I can let the bed bugs bite, just for one night, I don’t want to count the sheep just do get a wink or two. But I’m steadfast in my resolve to stay awake I don’t need the shut eye since I’m still open for business.  Milk does a body good but that isn’t a reason to warm it up just to REM I just want to daydream about staying awake for goodness sake.

“Come on daddy let’s go to bed.”

Alright, fine- you win. Let’s go close our eyes. Time does fly and it so late now we might as well not wait. Good night, my boys, dream away and lets enjoy another day. I love you.

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