Congratulations, Stone family – it’s a boy!
Though Jacob and Miranda haven’t been able to spend much
time with Jacob’s side of the family since his parents moved to Garden City to
be closer to his sister and her family; they’re both very excited about the
arrival of their first grand-nephew.
You’re probably wondering why I’m even mentioning this,
since I haven’t even actually met Michael’s cousins – though I have seen them
around before on some of their visits.
It’s news for me because my darling Aunt Leanne was right about Jacob
and Miranda going to Garden City on Monday and Tuesday; and she happily
volunteered herself – and Mom – to help out with anything Jake, Rebecca, and
Michael might need while their parents were away. Her emphasis on helping Michael was not lost
on anyone; and since Dad was going to be in the city anyway, Mom was
immediately hired as parental back-up while Jacob and Miranda are out of town. Since they could have gotten that support
just as easily from Miranda’s side of the family; I don’t have to guess at why
Miranda and Aunt Leanne were both so happy to have Mom doing that instead.
I don’t want to go to sleep thinking about what Aunt Leanne
will come up with over the next couple of days to move her matchmaking plans
along; so let’s get started on the rest of the daily report.
Though it wasn’t really quite warm enough for it, Uncle
Adam, Aunt Leanne, and I went out by the river for Tai Chi this morning. We went with a light breakfast, and then Aunt
Leanne entertained herself by playing dress-up with me – including doing the
full hair styling and adding a touch or two of makeup. We still managed to get to church on time,
and she was very happy when the primary goal of her efforts was achieved. Let’s not go there either – she totally took
advantage of knowing that I love playing dress-up as much as she does; and what
girl wouldn’t melt at getting that kind of reaction from a boy – even a girl
who hasn’t crossed over yet?
I’d like to report that there wasn’t any more tween drama
than that today, but I wasn’t that lucky.
Lisa had heard about our snack break at the Inn
by the time we went to Sunday school, so I was getting the cold shoulder for
that instead of the thaw I’d hoped for after staying out of trouble at Gil’s
party. Michael’s frequent glances in my
direction didn’t help; and neither did a couple of jokes Tim directed my
way. Trading that scene for the one
after church where my aunt was volunteering my Mom for surrogate parent wasn’t
an improvement; but having lunch outdoors after getting home definitely helped
to get the fun going again for all of us.
Mom and Dad invited their kid sleepover babysitters to have lunch with
us, and we had Rowen, Uncle Nick, and Aunt Deborah with us too. Since Monday is tax day, Rowen’s parents were
at the computer store for most of the rest of the day; so Rowen was free to
hang out with me until after dinner.
We managed to have lunch and get some play time at the park
with Ethan and Ehlana before it started raining. The rest of our afternoon included some music
time; a movie in the lounge; and a little science lab action before we needed
to get ready for dinner at the Inn. Rowen, Ehlana, and I dressed up again, and
Mom and Dad had us in the dining room at the Inn
nearly ten minutes before we were supposed to be meeting Grandma, Grandpa, and
the rest of our group. I did not use the
extra time for a visit to the kitchen, though Rowen tried her best to get me to
do that. I almost managed to avoid any
tweeird zone moments, but Aunt Leanne caught me again after dinner by reminding
me that Jacob and Miranda would be going away for a couple of days; and I
really should say goodbye to Jacob.
Yeah, I know that nothing is likely going to happen to them,
but ever since Mom and Dad’s plane accident, I don’t take that kind of thing
for granted anymore; and Aunt Leanne knows it.
She was also likely sure that I wouldn’t do a round of hugs and exclude
Michael – which I didn’t. He was already
getting razzed about it before I’d left the kitchen; and I’m sure that’ll be
one more story that reaches Lisa by tomorrow morning.
Aunt Leanne didn’t get much of a chance to tease me about
that, since she and Uncle Adam had other plans for the evening, and Dad needed
to get home and back to his work; but Rowen was happy to make up for that while
we hung out together in my room and the lounge until her parents picked her up
on their way home from the store. Mom
did a Magi lesson with us – and with Ethan and Ehlana; we had another music
practice; and played some video games before doing the bedtime snack for the
twins that Mom, Dad, Patricia, Owen, and Patrick all joined us for.
I came up to my room after Rowen left while Mom and Dad put
Ethan and Ehlana to bed. Some quality
Jacuzzi time was first on my bedtime to-do list; and I’ve been doing the full
school night studying and nightly computing since climbing into bed with
Mandy. It’s heading toward two o’clock
now, and even Mom and Dad have been asleep now for a while. I need to get some sleep too – it’s going to
be busy just with the extra work Mom and I will have with taking care of Ethan
and Ehlana while Dad’s away. Add in a
few birthdays – including Dillon’s eighteenth; tax day tomorrow; and everything
else we’ve got going on this week, and I’m going to need to get some rest
whenever I can. There isn’t anything
else to add, and right now seems to be a very good time to at least attempt to
get some sleep, so...
...until next time, this is Magi Master Cassie Proctor;
logging out!
