It’s been an absolutely gorgeous day – so nice that Rowen and I switched work days so we could be outside to enjoy a little near-summer weather to start November with.
We had another classmate turn eleven today, but Paul was having an all-boys party, so the only incidental effect it had on Rowen and I was that there were less guys at the park to get in the way of our playtime fun. We did get him a card and little gift – left on his desk anonymously to protect his reputation, of course – and he did seem to be having a happy day; but boys somehow manage to be especially annoying when they get together in party gangs.
Rowen and I took Ethan and Ehlana with us to the park, and that gave Mom and Alicia bonus time to get a little extra work done around the house while we were gone. Rebecca and Jenny were at the park too, and though they were busy boy watching with a bunch of the other Grade Seven and Eight girls on the bleachers next to the football field; we stopped by to visit for a while. Ethan and Ehlana always ended up getting passed around for a little cuddle time, but they were giving me the signals to let me know they’d had enough of the pre-teen goofiness after about fifteen minutes, so we moved on to the playground to take them on the swings.
The barbeque was fired up, and Dad was busy cooking burgers and chicken by the time we got home. Rowen was added to the dinner guest list, and we found out that Uncle Adam and Aunt Leanne would be coming too. All three of those invitations had mostly been done so that Mom and Rowen’s Grandmother could do a group Magi lesson after dinner.
They actually wanted to do several lessons. For the first one, Granma Emerson was the patient that Uncle Adam and I worked on for our Healing lesson. Aunt Leanne and Rowen joined us for a really fun Telekinesis lesson that was mostly for Rowen; but needed to be practiced in a group. Ethan and Ehlana watched both of those lessons, and then they were included in the group Telepathy lesson that we linked up with Grandma and Grandpa for; and included a long-distance bedtime story from Grandpa.
That chat had lasted for more than an hour, and since I’d held the link; by the time we were done, I was ready to go up to bed. Uncle Adam, Aunt Leanne, Rowen, and her Grandmother all left then, while Mom and Dad took Ethan and Ehlana upstairs for their evening feeding, and Mandy and I came up to our room. I was going to do my email and entertainment check, but getting this done is about all I have the energy for. I guess the string of late nights has finally caught up with me. The boys will all be talking about Paul’s party tomorrow anyway, so I’ll survive not being up-to-date on the latest news. Rowen and I have a couple of long work days ahead, but taking today off was definitely worth the trade.