Two days in a row for Tai Chi by the river! We needed to dress warmly again; Ethan and
Ehlana entertained themselves while Mom, Dad, and I exercised; and then we took
turns getting ready for church and doing the pre and post-breakfast work. This time, Mom and I cooked and Dad took care
of the cleanup. We were ready for church
early, and ended up walking there without any of the usual company. For Ethan, Ehlana, and me, the highlight of
the morning was getting to meet Hailey Draper for the first time before the
church service started. Ethan and Ehlana
played with Aiden too while Mom and Dad were busy with his parents; and it was
nice getting to do that with them – especially since it was non-stop action
around the Draper family after the service.
It seemed a lot quieter in the sanctuary and at Sunday school today
after all of the action last weekend, and though Lisa and her friends still
weren’t talking to me today, there wasn’t really any major tween drama to deal
with. I don’t think that the Pastors
necessarily do it intentionally, but the service today was barely over an hour
long; so that felt a lot different than last week too being set free by shortly
after ten-thirty.
We didn’t really get home all that early, since we spent
more time chatting with our friends and neighbors after church. By the time we started our walk home, we had
lunch plans with Grandma and Grandpa, Uncle Adam and Aunt Leanne, and Rowen and
her family. Rowen’s parents weren’t
opening the store today, but they were going to be there doing some tax
software tutorials for a couple of their customers; and her Mom was
particularly grateful for the lunch invitation.
Rowen pretended to complain about it, but she really didn’t mind being
the family contribution to the post-lunch work crew when Patricia and Owen
needed to get over to the computer store.
After helping with the clean-up, Rowen and I were set free
to play; and we started out our afternoon adventures with a canoe ride to the
falls and back. While we had beautiful
weather, the water was still very cold, and that was the main reason we stayed
in town instead of paddling toward the whirlpool – help would be near if we
ended up going for an unintentional swim.
We went biking at the park after that; spent some time at the playground
with Ethan and Ehlana when Mom took them there for some outdoor fun while Dad
was busy working in the office; and only crossed paths with Michael once when
he stopped by to play with Ethan and Ehlana too for a few minutes while on his
afternoon break from the Inn. There
wasn’t anything tweeird to report about that, and I managed to have two days in
a row with no T-zone drama!
That’s pretty much all I have for today. Rowen and I split up when it was time to head
home for dinner, and we were both indoors, warm, and dry, when it started
raining. It’s been raining fairly
steadily since then, but we didn’t have any outdoor plans after that anyway;
and the rest of my evening was a fairly standard school-night Sunday – though I
am going to be getting to sleep a bit earlier than usual. We had dinner for five; Ethan, Ehlana, and I
had our Magi lessons with Mom; there was some play time with Mom and Dad; and
then I got an early start to my bedtime routine while Mom and Dad took care of
getting the twins through their baths and into bed for the night.
I multi-tasked my language studies and Jacuzzi time, and
started my archive homework while doing my hair and getting ready for bed, so I
had most of my work finished before even climbing into bed with Mandy. There isn’t anything to report from around
the family tonight – it seems as though everyone was taking a break after a
busy Easter weekend – or catching up on work.
Getting a little extra sleep tonight is my top priority right now, and
since that really is all I have to write about...
...until next time, this is Magi Master Cassie Proctor;
logging out!
