Finding Joy in Snarkville

I need to know who you would think is still standing (and napless) today?

1. A 35 year old who was up past his bedtime two nights straight.  The first of these was at a formal event and the second was to pick someone up at the airport at 11:10pm and he arrived home at 2am.  Factor into this that he also got a nap yesterday prior to the late night pick up of a few hours (presumably to pre-sleep).  He was up and out the door for work at 6:30am this morning.  He is bleary-eyed and a bit grumpy.  In addition, the person he picked up had the joys of a lost/delayed bag that will not be delivered until after 6pm (window is actually 6pm to 10pm) tonight — at which point he will be taking it from our home to the guy he picked up.
2. A 34 year old female.  She was up late for the formal event too — after which she was not able to sleep well and woke up hourly until the alarm went off at 6am.  In addition, she had spent the day prior to the formal thing cleaning the house.  She worked all day yesterday, went to knit night and left early.  Tired from the lack of sleep, she tried to go to sleep when the guy above left to the airport.  She thought she’d sleep.  But no, she napped for about an hour and then woke up to wait for him to return.  She was wide awake at 2am when he returned and slept fitfully until the alarm again.  (We don’t like that alarm anymore.)  She walked 2 miles and played at the playground.
3. A 4 year old boy.  He stayed up late with a sitter — who he LOVED.  He had run around like a banshee while the sitter was here then was up about an hour late.  He went to school and played hard all day the next day.  He was still awake at 9pm (which is 2 hours after bedtime) when the knitter came home.  He was up at 6:30am and playing.  He went on a mile tricycle ride to the park and played for an hour and rode a mile back. 

If you guessed #3, you’d be correct of course.  Mind you he is currently watching a movie, rubbing his eyes, fighting those VERY heavy lids and insisting that he is absolutely NOT tired.

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