“I wish I had their legs,” I hollered  at the mother as her two girls raced ahead on the path.

“Well, they get to go to bed at 8 PM,” she chuckled back.

Such a jolly, inane exchange.

Then I thought, wait a second, what if I went to bed at 8?

rJo Herman dreams of writing the one perfect tale her grandchildren will tell their grandchildren.  She lives in the Colorado high desert with her grey striped companion, Emil Catt I.