Hopefully everybody in the Northeast is shoveled out, that was one hell of a storm. The snow just wouldn't let up. It wasn't as windy as they predicted, but the weathermen can't be 100% right, why break their streak. But it got me thinking about how much fun staying up all night as a kid is and how it's the polar opposite for an adult.

Friday the snow started, I got out of work at around noon, it was kind of nice for a little while. But then the realization that the crazies weren't wrong on this storm. I put a pot of coffee on and proceeded to just stay up all night and stay ahead of this storm, if I hadn't I would still be shoveling. Sometime around cup of coffee number eight or nine probably 3am I started thinking about how miserable staying up all night is at this point in my life.

As a kid it's the best thing you can do. You have one of your good friends come spend the night on a Friday or Saturday night, dudes stay up all night playing video games and chicks lez out all night, or whatever it is you guys do at your slumber parties. Point is every part of staying up all night as a kid is great. You know you are not supposed to so that's a plus, then there's playing far too many video games, eating a bunch of snacks, and having a bunch of laughs.

Now anytime you stay up past your bedtime you are pissed you missed out on some sleep. When you have to pull an all nighter it's for something miserable, like working or shoveling all night. 

mlz
Sunday, February 10, 2013