I didn’t mention it yesterday, but it’s definitely felt like
we’re heading into Fall this weekend. It
was downright frosty this morning when we went outside for Tai Chi by the
river. The good weather news for this
week is that it’s going to get hot again, but then there’s supposed to be rain
coming along with the warm.
The weather didn’t really affect my day much except for
dressing more warmly. Other than Tai
Chi, church, and an afternoon visit to the park; I didn’t even go outside
much. Rowen and I spent most of the
afternoon in the lounge. We got our
homework done right after lunch; played around with the saxophone and flute;
and had a long telepathic chat with Ethan, Ehlana, and Mandy. The trip to the park was mostly because the
Ethan and Ehlana wanted to get outside for some fresh air, and then we walked
Rowen over to her house and had a quick visit with her parents before going
home in time for me to help Mom and Grandma with making dinner.
Aunt Leanne and Uncle Adam were booked for dinner with his
family today, so we had Grandma and Grandpa to ourselves; and I was spared any
more teasing about either saxophones or the potential love connections with
other saxophonists. I was a bit
surprised that Grandpa didn’t have a few jokes, but maybe he isn’t any more
interested in thinking about me getting into the dating game than Dad is. Whatever the reason, I’m glad that the dinner
conversation was mostly about the family business work going on around town and
Grandma and Grandpa’s travel plans for their trip to Arizona.
It’s hard to believe that they’ll be heading south in just over three
weeks!
Mom’s keeping a record of the work going on around Witch Falls,
but since we talked about it a lot tonight; I should probably include an
update. The road construction is still
really just getting started, but the three new roads that mark the boundaries
of the new section of town have been dug; and the water and sewage lines are
going in too. Oak Park Ave is the road closest to Rowen’s
back yard; and it will eventually be a through street to River Road; though not until the bridge
over the Ridge River is built. Riverbend
Drive follows the river east from Oak Park; with Orchard Place completing the loop back to
Witch Falls Road. There will be two more roads between Oak Park and Orchard Place; but
construction for them won’t likely start until Spring. Everything for that part of our future plans
is on or ahead of schedule.
As for Grandma and Grandpa’s trip to Arizona, Ethan and Ehlana are talking about
hiding in their luggage, but I think they should consider talking Mom and Dad
into taking them there for a visit sometime before Thanksgiving. If they kept it to just a long weekend or
something; I might even get to skip a day or two of school and go along! We should definitely make sure that Ethan and
Ehlana get to do more fun travelling than I got to do while Mom and I were busy
playing hide and seek with the Hathornes.
Grandma and Grandpa stayed for a while after dinner, and
took care of Ethan and Ehlana while Mom did a Magi lesson with me and Dad was
finishing up his work in the office.
They went home at a bit after eight-thirty, and I helped Mom with the
bath and bedtime routine for the twins.
We did the bedtime story in the office with Dad, and then I came
straight up to my room once Ethan and Ehlana were tucked into their beds. I’ve been doing my usual nightly computing
while enjoying a bit of quality time with my Jacuzzi, but it’s time to get out
and ready for bed. It’s been a while
since I’ve had eight solid hours of sleep, and I’m going to make sure that
happens between now and morning, so...
...say ‘goodnight, Cassie’.
“Goodnight, Cassie.”
