The Halloween excitement was growing at school with just two days left until what will almost be like a three-day weekend of fun. While Rowen and I did have fun at school, it was another work day for us too; and I kept busy right through until dinnertime. There’s not much to report with my part of the family business; and even Grandma and Grandpa didn’t have much to talk about during the little chat I had with them while they were travelling between their afternoon appointments.
During dinner, Mom and Dad had a few updates to pass on for the Friday night sleepover. Ethan and Ehlana were happy to find out that Naomi was on the guest list; and would be staying overnight for the first time. Claire Norton’s daughter and younger son, Emma and Benjamin, were going to come to our house straight from school; and Scott and Lindsay Faulkner would be coming over sometime after dinner. Alicia had recruited two friends; and they would be ‘supervising’ us – Jenny and Rebecca in particular were too old for babysitters.
I wasn’t thinking about it last night, but the World Series game delay had a big effect on game night at the Inn. There were a few exceptions – like Dad and Uncle Adam – but it was practically a girls’ night out compared to normal while the boys in town were mostly home watching the game. While their boys were doing that, Sarah and Tracey Landry teamed up to win the senior Championship for the week, and even Jacob and Miranda managed a rare top ten finish.
With fewer competitors, we were finished at the Inn a bit earlier than usual, but since I didn’t expect to get much work done until after Halloween; I wanted to work in the office for a while after we got home. Mom delayed that plan when she decided that Ethan, Ehlana, and I should do a lesson too for the same reason. We did multi-task, and do that while she nursed the twins, and then they had a nap while we joined Dad in the office for a couple of hours.
He was keeping an eye on the ballgame while working, but sometimes I think he does that for the same reason that I do my entertainment checks. We love playing baseball, or cheer on our friends and family when they play; but watching sports on television just isn’t the same. The majority of fans in town seem to be on the Cardinals’ bandwagon; so they’re going to be happy about the come-from-behind win that tied the series with the Rangers at three wins each. Now that I know we’ll have quite a few boys staying over tomorrow night; I’ll guess that either my lounge or the sitting room will be baseball central for game seven. That may actually work out by keeping them distracted for most of the night.
We worked until Ethan let us know that he and Ehlana were awake, and then I went up to bed while Mom and Dad took care of them. I was going to write this and get some sleep, but I was checking our Magi project archive, and after reading Uncle Adam’s latest entry that had to do with the checkup he did with Hannah Draper and her baby; I ended up spending an hour or so in the archives and thinking about the issue of Magi pre-natal development with a non-Magi mother. Uncle Adam thinks that Naomi and Hannah’s baby would make a good case study to compare that, and also the post-natal development of their abilities. Since they are both going to be strong Magi, not to mention how important they’ll be to Ethan and Ehlana; I think it’s a great idea.
We’ll work on that after Halloween. Right now, it’s definitely time for a nap. One more school day, and the weekend fun will be here!