This sure hasn’t felt like a normal Wednesday; starting from
this morning; when I had a pair of hecklers trying to distract me while I was
practicing my Tai Chi.
That was only fun because Patrick and Scott got frustrated
when nothing they tried worked; though that minor defeat didn’t keep them from
doing their very best to annoy Rowen and me until we left for school and they
needed to play it cool while in public. Getting
away from that was good, but then we traded that for observing the ongoing
Grade Seven dating game that, now that I think about it, is about as new,
clumsy, and disharmonic for my participating classmates as playing musical
instruments is for most of us. I’ll just
keep that little insight to myself; since I’m sure at least some of my friends
would just decide that they need to put in extra practice time – and I’m not
talking about improving their music skills.
The best part of my day started after school. Rowen and I did a long snack and story time
with Mom, Ethan, and Ehlana; getting the kid-rated version of Mom’s night in Crystal Springs.
Our favorite stories were about Aunt Leanne’s birthday dinner –
including hearing all about how Angela and Terry’s first few weeks of
parenthood were going. It may have been
Aunt Leanne’s birthday party, but Valerie was apparently the most popular girl
at their table last night. I’m glad that
they all had a fun night, and still really don’t want or need to know the
details; but Mom was not that happy because of a good meal with some of her
favorite people and an evening spent with her and Dad each working in his hotel
room.
Moving on, since our after-school break took longer than
usual, Rowen and I didn’t have as much time to play as usual, but we still took
Ethan and Ehlana to the park for nearly an hour. Since Wednesday is a work night for Michael,
he wasn’t playing football, but Tim Landry stepped up and helped Ethan with
playing one down; but Ethan had everyone laughing when he fumbled the football
– or basically dropped it – to one of the boys playing defense; and then
giggled the whole time while Tim unsuccessfully attempted to stop the ensuing
touchdown while still carrying Ethan.
Since that earned him some bonus points with Nora, I don’t think that
Tim minded giving up the points or the razzing from the guys.
Mom had Aunt Leanne, Uncle Adam, Aunt Deborah, and Uncle
Nick over for dinner, so after walking Rowen over to the computer store, I took
Ethan and Ehlana home; and then helped with the cooking until Aunt Leanne came
over after work. Story time at dinner
was more about the night in Crystal
Springs and how Uncle
Nick and Aunt Deborah had done with their first overnight adventure with the
twins. By then, Aunt Leanne had heard
about Michael’s lunchtime music practice with Rowen and me from somebody; and
spent some time teasing me about that too.
After that, I’m seriously thinking about being sick for game night.
Uncle Adam and Aunt Deborah needed to get to the clinic
right after dinner, but Aunt Leanne and Uncle Nick stayed long enough to help
Mom and me with the cleanup before heading out too. Mom did a long Magi lesson with Ethan,
Ehlana, and me that I was actually the one teaching to the twins while Mom
supervised, and then we did the full bath and bedtime routine. Mom and I both needed some Jacuzzi time once
Ethan and Ehlana were in bed; and I’ve been working on my computer too since
climbing into the hot, swirling water.
I’ve finished my archive reading and the usual nightly
computer check, but need to get out of the tub now before moving on to my
language studies; so I’m going to wrap this up now.
Say ‘goodnight, Cassie’.
“Goodnight, Cassie.”
