If you were sitting there, sometime in the future, turning a
digital archive page and wondering if there would be any new romantic moments
with Michael and me today; I’m going to be disappointing you.
There weren’t any fireworks-worthy kisses – or even anything
more serious than a hug. We also didn’t
get a chance for a little privacy so we could talk about what had happened at
the park. The good news, though, is that
we did get to hang out together after school; the Stones had dinner with us;
and we all went over to the park for some play time after dinner.
Before I get to that, we had a dusting or three of rain
overnight – again – but that didn’t keep us from our Tai Chi by the river this
morning. We had a standard weekday breakfast,
but I felt the need to spend a little extra time getting ready for school today
for some unknown reason – not! That’s
why Rowen met up with me in my room, and spent some time teasing me while
getting me to hurry up so we wouldn’t be late for school. We weren’t there long before I was wishing
that we’d skipped out today; and Michael probably felt the same way. In my case, I didn’t want to see Michael
getting dumped on regularly by Vanessa or Nora.
They had the glares, sneers, and snarky comments for me too; but I guess
that seemed easy compared to what I imagined would be going on if they knew I’d
been kissing Michael too instead of just continually getting in the way of
their carefully planned-out happily ever after with Michael and Tim.
Nora eventually let Tim out of the doghouse once he’d
demonstrated that he’d suffered enough – and agreed to do whatever she wanted
to do after school. Michael was not
invited to do anything with them, but he didn’t have a problem with that; and
I’m sure that Vanessa and Nora were even more upset with him because he wasn’t
acting as miserably unhappy as Tim had been this morning.
By the way, if you don’t know this about Tim; he can act
like you wouldn’t believe, because there is no way that he was that broken up and
destitute from being in trouble with Nora for less than a day. That isn’t just an educated guess either – I
saw Michael trying not to laugh at Tim’s antics several times today; and even
Nora had to be at least a little suspicious.
I was as happy as Michael was that he wasn’t being badgered
into doing something with Tim, Nora, and Vanessa. Rowen and I walked home from school with him
– and with Rebecca. That earned us some
bonus, icy-cold attention from Vanessa, but other than watching us leave; we didn’t
get followed or spied on. Our snack
break was at my house, and then the four of us decided to go canoeing with
Ethan and Ehlana. Rebecca may not be
into biking except as a means of transportation; but she still loves being out
on the river; and with the water warming up faster now with hotter days; we’re
all looking forward to swimming and playing in the river soon too.
Today we paddled downriver; tied up at the dock at the end
of Palmer Street; and walked to the falls after picking up some frozen treats
at the Emporium; and dropping three of them off with Dad, Aunt Leanne, and
Claire. Emma was at the office waiting
for her Mom, so Dad gave his snack to her; and she came along with us to the
falls. There were a couple of boys
trying to fish without much luck, and we talked with them for a few minutes;
but then spent most of our time at the top of the falls so we didn’t get in
their way – especially since they felt the need to cast their lines every few
minutes. Aunt Leanne and Claire were
getting ready to go home when we dropped Emma off again; and Rowen and I
promised to have Emma come camping with us for a day or two soon – though that
might not be easy to work out with everything we have going on leading up to
Aunt Grace’s wedding. Maybe we’ll get
her to hang out with us while Dawn’s here for her summer holiday during the two
weeks after the wedding.
Moving along, Dad hadn’t been quite ready to leave then, but
he was home by the time we’d canoed back upriver; and he and Mom had a dinner
surprise for all of us when we found out that they’d invited the Stones over
for another barbeque potluck. Rowen was
staying too, and since we were then put in charge of getting the tables and
chairs set up; we had the choice of getting an extra table and chairs out for
ourselves or choosing to sit on the dock or by the river instead. We went with option two.
That put us out of the loop for the parent and teen dinner
conversation, but Ethan and Ehlana entertained us; and we got to talk more
about what we were going to be doing during the first few weeks of our summer
holidays. Rebecca, Rowen, and I also
spent a little time talking about the girls’ summer clothes shopping trip
coming up a week from Friday, and while Ethan and Ehlana were playing ‘normal
toddler’; they were happy to hear us chat about their second birthday party
too.
Other than setting the table, we’d mostly been off the hook
for the pre-dinner work, but Jake and Stephanie drafted four out of six of us
for the clean-up crew; and sent the parents off to the park with Ethan and
Ehlana while we took care of the work before joining them there. Since Ethan and Ehlana had already been
running around for three-quarters of an hour or so by then, we only played
together for another half hour or so before stopping at the near ball diamond
to check out that baseball action and talk to some friends; and then going home
again.
We did a round of goodnight hugs in front of the Stone’s
house – including the one and only hug that Michael and I shared today – and then
Mom, Ethan, Ehlana, and I walked Rowen over to her house while Dad went to get
some work done in the office. Mom had
come along because Patricia and Owen had been out on their front porch; and we
stayed for drinks and a chat before going home again too.
The rest of my night has been a fairly standard school night
– help with Ethan and Ehlana’s bedtime routine; do a Magi lesson with Mom; and
my own bedtime bath, studies, and nightly computing. My focus was a bit better than last night,
but I still have quite a few warm fuzzies keeping me company tonight. We should probably move away from those
thoughts, or it could be quite a while before I’ll be able to get any sleep.
There actually were other things going on outside of my
tweeird little world; and a bit of news that Mom updated me on while we worked
on my lesson. She had her last KidZone
volunteer work morning today, and while I’m thinking about that; Alicia will be
back to working full-time again starting next Monday. Since Dad will be in Crystal Springs
next week, that’ll help make it easier for Mom while he’s away. The adult and teen chat included news about
the Grad party on Saturday; an update on the catering that Jake and Stephanie
are in charge of for Aunt Grace and Mark’s wedding; and the parent and teen
preparations for going away to college that are already beginning.
It sounds like the Grad party is going to be fun, but it
will also make for a really busy weekend with Father’s Day on Sunday too. Violet’s going to drive here after school on
Friday; go to that party with Dillon on Saturday; go back to Woodvale with him
on Sunday morning for church and lunch with Uncle Rick; and then be back here
again in time to go out to dinner at the Inn
with Dillon’s family. I’d say that my
weekend is going to be boring by comparison to that, but after yesterday; I’m
not sure that there will be any boring in my life anytime soon.
Getting back on that track was probably inevitable again
tonight, but I should wrap this up and at least try to get some sleep now,
so...
...until next time, this is Magi Master Cassie Proctor;
logging out!
