We started out today with a very busy morning. First up was seeing Dad off on his week in
Crystal Springs, and while we were doing that, Grandma and Grandpa stopped in
to say one last goodbye to us before heading for the airport and the first
month or so of their vacation in Arizona.
Mom, Ethan, Ehlana, and I had a little nap together after that; and then
got on with our normal Monday morning routine.
The talk around school was mostly about the fall festival
and our football team’s road win on Friday night that probably had the lowest
fan attendance of the year thanks to the festival and teen dance. Since they’d missed all of that fun at the
park, I wouldn’t be surprised to find out that Kyle Landry and the rest of our
players took that out on the Varney team.
They only gave up seven field goals in the sixty-six to twenty-one win.
If there were any doubts after this weekend that Michael had
blown things with Vanessa; it was clear today that she was done chasing
him. Michael probably should have at
least attempted to be crushed, but he didn’t; and that just made Vanessa mad at
him too. You’ll never see me defending
how tween and teen guys act, but I’ll also never understand why some girls seem
to need to see boys pining over them or suffering when they’re in trouble or
break up. Anyway, at the other end of
the dating game scale, Tim and Nora were very happy today, and joined the
‘couples club’ for the walks between classes and during lunch. That likely made things a bit weird for
Michael too, but at least for today, he just seemed to be happy about not being
in Vanessa’s crosshairs anymore.
The actual work part of our school day was uneventful, but
seemed a bit longer than a usual Monday because of the contrast to a three-day power
play weekend. After being set free,
Rowen and I went to my house; did our homework; and then took Ethan and Ehlana
to the park. After five days with the
field off-limits to the kid and tween football fanatics, we weren’t surprised
to see a big turnout for the pick-up game today. There were more girls there spectating too,
and we ended up spending nearly a half hour there while Ehlana was happily
passed around, and Ethan got to play for two downs instead of just one like
usual. We went for a walk along the
river after that, and then wrapped up our after-school play time with some
swing and slide action before going home again – or to the computer store in
Rowen’s case.
Tonight’s easy-dinner and Magi Healing lesson were fun, but
the big surprise for Ethan, Ehlana, and me came after Uncle Adam and Aunt
Leanne went home; and Mom advised us that she and Uncle Adam would be taking
Aunt Leanne to Crystal Springs for a five-star dinner and hotel sleepover after
work tomorrow to celebrate her thirty-first birthday there with Dad. It’s still going to be a surprise for Aunt
Leanne, but Rowen’s parents are in on it because I’m booked to stay with them;
and Aunt Deborah and Uncle Nick will have Ethan and Ehlana. They’re apparently joking about this being a
test run for their impending parenthood, but they have had Naomi overnight
before; so I’m sure they can handle the twins without any problems – especially
since Ethan and Ehlana won’t have to act their age around them at night.
We were given the heads up mostly because Aunt Leanne is
going to find out about it at her birthday breakfast at our house; and so I
could pack an overnight bag to leave with Rowen’s parents; since they’ll be
coming for the breakfast too. I took
care of that after helping Mom with Ethan and Ehlana’s bedtime routine, and
I’ve been working on my computer since doing that and getting ready for
bed. I’ve got extra studying to do
tonight too, but took a break to do this after finishing the archive reading
that Mom assigned to me after our healing lesson. I’ll move on to my language studies next, and
since I’ve nearly mastered Portuguese; I’ll combine that with my nightly news,
sports, and entertainment checks while doing a live chat. It’s already after midnight, so I’d better
get to that.
Say ‘goodnight, Cassie’.
“Goodnight, Cassie.”
