We’ve had a very rainy day – wet enough that Miranda and Jacob called in parent reinforcements to drive all of us over to the Inn for the breakfast buffet. Mom and Dad were among the recruits; and since they had Ethan and Ehlana with them, they brought both the van and truck. Most of the parents were meeting us at the Inn anyway, and word must have gotten around about another breakfast buffet because the dining room was nearly full by eight o’clock.
Miranda and Jacob had left for the Inn early while Jake and Stephanie were left to handle kid control; but I was up early too, and earned bonus hugs and a cup of hot chocolate from Miranda after she watched the last half of my Tai Chi exercise. I didn’t get much sleep, but that little moment was worth getting up early for. Breakfast at the Inn was great too, and then it was time to get back to regular home life again, which for me meant a long house-cleaning day.
There was one big event going on in town, and that was the first Saturday morning clinic hours that Uncle Adam and Aunt Deborah were doing for the first time. Aunt Leanne stopped by to let us know that they were busy enough, but that they weren’t have quite as many patients as they were getting during the Wednesday evening hours. We’ll see how it goes, but I won’t be disappointed if Uncle Adam doesn’t have to work one Saturday a month if it turns out that the Wednesday evening hours work out best for everyone.
I could use a few Saturdays off too, but then today would have been more fun if we’d been putting up the decorations outside instead of cleaning rooms. The weather wasn’t cooperating, though, and with next Saturday out because of the shopping trip; we do only have two weekends to get ready for our Christmas weekend guests, including this one. The good news is that a lot of the hardest cleaning work is done now; and we’re taking tomorrow off to go to the Christmas tree farm.
That pretty much covers the news for today. We worked until after six; had a late dinner; and then I spent some time getting de-grimed in my Jacuzzi while Mom and Dad were busy with Ethan and Ehlana. I’ll be in bed before nine-thirty for the first time in I forget how long; and I definitely want to be ready for Ethan and Ehlana’s first Christmas tree adventure.