Meteor showers and childhood..mine AND theirs!

I remember my mom being so excited when there was going to be a meteor shower. She'd get snacks all ready...blankets and pillows out....she'd set this all up on the roof of the house and somehow coax us up there with her...we'd be grumbling and complaining the whole way. I think I really only ever went for the snacks to be honest as not much else about the whole thing interested me. After all, meteor showers happen in the DARK, late at night. A)I am afraid of the dark (yes, even now I have a fear of the dark!) and B) it's late..HELLO...time to sleep!
So there my poor mom would be, up there on the roof with two not so happy kids...watching meteors plummet their way to earth.

Flash forward a bunch of years (you DON'T need to know how many!) and here I am. "Hey kids, there is a METEOR SHOWER tonight". Silence. No jumping up and down. No excitement. Nothing. "Hey..how about I make some snacks and we go outside later when it's Dark and Late?". Again, nothing. Not to be deterred, I plow on with the 'plan'. As it gets darker, I go outside to 'scout' the sky. "I SEE ONE" I yell. The kids run out and stare up at the most beautiful night sky. Millions of stars have come out to see the shower and the summer air is just perfect. There is nothing. No meteors. Nothing. After a few minutes, the kids head back inside. I stay out a few more minutes and of course another meteor rockets by. The kids are NOT impressed. They want to see one but don't want to invest the five minutes at this point that it will take to see a meteor shoot past. I assure them that in a few hours it will be REALLY great, the news said over 100 an hour, that works out to more than one a MINUTE kids! Yah...they are as impressed with me as I was with my mom.
And then I realize something. Of COURSE we adults are excited about meteor showers. It gives us an 'excuse' to go outside, in the dark, late at night and just sit. And watch. And enjoy. No cell phones. No deadlines. No laundry to do. No meals to make. No place to be. Of course we love meteor showers! We get to stop in our tracks and act LIKE KIDS AGAIN! And then the really obvious point hits me! Of course kids aren't impressed by meteor showers like we are! Cause they act like kids ALL DAY LONG, ALL SUMMER LONG! Duh!
I finally get why my mom loved them so much and why we kids didn't.
I wish my mom and I could watch a meteor shower together. We'd have so much fun, and probably annoy the crap out of the kids! Now THAT is even more fun than watching a meteor shower!
So I'm off to check the sky again as it's 1138pm. Should be getting really good pretty soon.
Oh..the kids? Yah...they are all asleep. Silly Rabbits.

Hugs
Jaye