It feels a bit strange to be starting July without a holiday weekend and house full of family.
While I am missing spending time with my new extended family, I’m not missing the extra work that goes with the long weekends. Today was mostly a play day. Yet another hot, hot day prompted the Pastors to keep the church service short this morning, and we were home early; even with the extra time that everyone spent congratulating Grandpa Grant and Grandma Eleanor on their marriage. I’ve definitely avoided even thinking about them at all in relation to honeymoons or even the fact that they’re newlyweds; but I should explain that they’re waiting until next weekend – after the Fourth of July – to leave on a four-week long combination honeymoon and archive trip. I still don’t want to think about that, so let’s move along.
Grandma, Grandpa, Aunt Leanne, and Uncle Adam all came over to spend most of the rest of the day at our house, and Rowen and I loved getting to have that time with them; and with Mom, Dad, Violet, and the twins. Dillon was working all day at the Inn, but he, Jake, and Stephanie all joined us while they were on an extended afternoon break. Mom and Dad fed them, and we all went for a swim before they needed to be back at the Inn to get ready for the buffet rush.
While that has me thinking about Violet and Dillon, I should mention that Uncle Adam and Aunt Leanne had another little chat with Violet about the lab while we were having lunch. If her questions were any indication, it definitely sounds like she and Dillon have been thinking a lot about what their future options could be – both with careers and the potential to have more than either of them expected possible while living in Witch Falls too.
Getting back to the fun parts of the day, we had barbeques for lunch and dinner, and spent the afternoon and evening playing, swimming, or just taking it easy and enjoying being together for a mostly do-nothing day. Uncle Adam, Aunt Leanne, and Rowen all went home after dinner, but Grandma and Grandpa stayed until Ethan and Ehlana went to bed; and our evening entertainment included a group Magi lesson and a long chat and story time that included a bit more talk about the next steps in our future plans. Since Violet was there too, we mostly just talked about what Grandma and Grandpa will be doing to help out with those plans – particularly when we need either the Magi or town councils involvement – and they have a few things to take care of with that between now and September. Government red tape can be very annoying, but in a small town like ours, it’s nowhere near the nightmare it can be in big cities.
Anyway, that’s all going along pretty much as planned right now, and Ethan, Ehlana, and I don’t see any major problems ahead – at least in the immediate future. After Ethan and Ehlana went to bed and Grandma and Grandpa went home, Mom and Dad went to work in the office for a while; Violet went to meet up with Dillon at the Inn; and I’ve been busy with a long soak in the Jacuzzi and an extended bedtime computing session. I’ve mostly been working in the archives, though I spent a half-hour or so in high-speed mode while taking care of a few family business issues. Mom and Dad went to bed a while ago, but Dillon and Violet are still in the living room now after getting home from the Inn. I’ve been busy anyway, and decided not to go downstairs and take the chance of interrupting anything just to say goodnight to them. They might not be ready to end their weekend quite yet, but it’s after one o’clock, and I’ve had enough for today; so it’s time to wrap this up and get some sleep.
Live from Witch Falls; this is Cassie Proctor, signing off!