Life With Boys

Life with boys … it is 3 am … again … the 3D printer is humming along … they finally figured out the wonky bit … this time when I got up to pee I noticed a light on down the hall … go down the hall … no boy … go downstairs … every light we own is on … this place must look like a beacon from the street … start shutting things down … find the boy on the couch asleep watching Netflix … Me: “hey, go to bed” … the boy looks at me like I have seven heads, but grabs his phone and starts to move … I head to the basement where still more lights are on … I go back up … boy has changed positions on the couch, and is asleep again … poke the boy again and ask, “how do you turn off the TV in the basement?” … he tells me to press the button … I tell him to go turn it off himself, and to grab the blanket on the floor while he is there … I turn off the Christmas tree and the last few lights … boy has not emerged from the basement … go back to the basement … boy is under the blanket, on the floor, asleep … but the TV is off … small-ish wins … I will take it … later today we will have the why the clean laundry needs to be put away battle …