Nightly dance….

Posted by: Devon Hubbard Sorlie on: September 22, 2009

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Well, Hollis and I just watched the DVR’d Dancing With The Stars premiere. A most brilliant observance on her part: The dancers are more celebrities this season than the “stars” themselves.

Of course this 45 minutes of decadence puts her late in going to bed and the massive resistance effort begins. Takes 20 seconds to go from family room to her bedroom, and then 40 MINUTES of pudtzing around in there to finally get into the shower. So by now, it’s nearly midnight.

Off to bed she goes….ostensibly to go to sleep. At 12:11 a.m., she makes a post on Facebook … clearly she’s not asleep. So a quick check finds her laying in bed with her eyes closed, looking angelic … while the glow of not ONE phone — but TWO — shines from under her covers.

Busted. She’s double-fisting texting. After a brief and half-hearted admonishment to GO TO BED ALREADY … AUNT DEVON IS TIRED … I start to shut the door, and then watch — stunned — as her arm darts out from under the covers to snag a phone with the same precision and determination as a green Amazon tree frog picking off a butterfly.

DOUBLE-BUSTED! I haven’t taken the phones away at night yet, because they provide — no kidding — a third and FOURTH wake-up alarm for her.

I’ll give her a 7 on her performance and charm, but the execution and footwork need a little more polish. She’ll live to dance another day … and I look forward to the challenge.