Locking Me In Isn't Going To Help

Attended a 4H Lock-In with Meri on Friday night.  Had a great time until around 1am, when I really wasn't interested in playing Apples to Apples OR watching Madagascar 3 with a bunch of kids...  So I got in my sleeping bag on a cement floor and fell asleep.  Leon was at our house for the weekend and I knew I wanted to spend time with him on Saturday. 

Meri woke me up around 2 and made me move to a more secluded spot and then ran off to play Monopoly with a bunch of other kids. 

I couldn't believe how much noise kids made and how much echoing through the cement the noise travels.  *chatter chatter chatter*  Girls especially!  But I managed to fall back asleep despite it. 

Woke up at one point with hot hot air blowing in my face, making me cook in my sleeping bag and more girl chatter.  The heat had kicked in and the vent was immediately above me.  One of the 4H leaders was nearby and I told her that I thought I was in hell.  She turned the heat down.  WHEW!  But the girls chatter continued.

After that I woke up every 30 minutes to an hour.  Disappointed every time I consulted my cell phone for the time.  Dang!!!  When will this night END?!!!  I finally gave up at 5am.  Meri was up playing cards with another girl, who sporatically yelled out the single word "PIZZA!"  for some unknown reason.  I think she thought she was being funny. 

I didn't.

 Meri and I brought slippers and I'm so glad we did.  The floor could get cold!  The other kids were SO jealous!

Meri was worn out at that point and decided to go lay down.  I went and read a newspaper with the main 4H leader, browsed through my sewing mags that I'd brought and ate whatever snacks were left over from the night before to get the taste of sleeping in hell out of my mouth. 

One boy was still awake throwing things back and forth to a single girl who was still up.  The girl was out within 10 minutes and then it was just the boy leaning against the wall waiting for morning.  All the other kids were sleeping, including all the college kids who had organized the event.  Mary, the leader, was up all night.  She said her husband was going to come pick her up when it was over so she wouldn't have to drive home.

Around 6, the college kids started wafting in and got breakfast started, while I ran a sweeping mop all around the big room.  There was popcorn and crumbs everywhere...  Then I woke up Meri and she had breakfast with me and then we left.  I tried to have a nap with Leon after his breakfast and morning bottle, but I must have been uncomfortable to sleep with because he would NOT settle down so Robb sent Maddy to rescue him from me.  Or me from him... Not sure.  I got a 2 hour nap, so that was good.

This staying up all night thing is for the birds!  And I need to see a chiropractor pretty soon...