Michael, Rowen, and I had a couple of wake-up calls
overnight, but even though Rowen teased Michael and me about having some more
early-morning alone time; there wasn’t anything more serious happening than a
hug between us, and we both just wanted to get all of the sleep that we could
between those runs into the house for toddler bathroom breaks.
The morning rush was as crazy as I expected it to be with
five toddlers, and Michael must really like Ethan a lot to give up his Dad’s
Sunday morning breakfast special to stay and have breakfast with us before
going home to get ready for church. Mom,
Rowen, and I had the most fun playing dress-up and styling hair for Ehlana,
Naomi, and Sophia; though getting to show off new dresses from our shopping
trip was great too.
If Rowen were here tonight, she’d be teasing me about
Michael’s reaction to seeing me again when we met up again on the way to
church; but then Phase One of our matchmaking challenge for her took another
step forward this morning too. ‘Tommy’
may not even realize that yet, but I can go back in my memories and look at the
tiniest details; and I know that he kept glancing over at Rowen all morning
with that same look in his eyes that told me he was having trouble resolving
what he was seeing with the way he’d always seen Rowen until recently.
You can probably guess that the tweeird level in my life was
on high while we were at church. That
started when Vanessa and Nora needed to talk with some of the other girls about
their time at Quarry
Lake, and how their
support helped Tim and his team win their second game of the season. That was discussed loudly enough for me to
overhear, but they seemed to be having problems juggling between bragging about
helping their boys and trying to make Michael jealous that he was excluded from
the hugs and kisses. Vanessa lost most
of her enthusiasm for their little games when they found out that Michael had
gone to our birthday party campfire after work; and then stayed overnight to
camp with Rowen and me. Michael did add
that we had five junior campers with us; and he was in one tent with Ethan and
Aiden; but I’m not sure that Vanessa and Nora were still listening in on his
chat with Tim by then. The rest of my
time in Sunday school after that was fairly frosty, but since Michael sat with
Rowen and me today; I was lots warm enough anyway.
After a family and friends day, Dad had a lot of work to do
in the office today; so we only had Rowen with us for lunch. She and I took custody of the twins after we
ate, and spent the afternoon keeping them entertained; and all of us out of Mom
and Dad’s way until we went to the late dinner buffet at the Inn. We went for a bike ride; had some playground
time; jumped in the river a few times to cool off; and had Michael with us for
part of that play and swim time while he was on his afternoon break. There really wasn't anything exciting to
report; but we did have a really fun, relaxing afternoon.
We ended up having dinner at the Inn
with nearly everyone who had been at Ethan and Ehlana’s party; though that
hadn’t actually been planned. Mom must
have decided that Rowen and I needed a break from toddlers, because she put us
at a table with our grandparents; and we spent an hour and a half talking about
the upcoming trips that Rowen’s grandmother was coordinating for the rest of
the year. With everything else we have
going on this summer, and Aunt Leanne’s pregnancy, Grandma and Grandpa aren’t
doing a summer or fall trip; but they were talking about a trip to India and Pakistan for the New Year. It’s too bad that Rowen and I can’t go along;
but I’m sure they’ll manage just fine without us.
There isn’t much else to report for today. Rowen went home with her parents after
dinner; and I spent the evening helping Mom with Ethan and Ehlana while Dad got
back to work in the office. The twins
were ready for an early bedtime, but Mom did a Magi lesson with me before
sending me up to my room for some Jacuzzi action. I’m cuddling with Mandy now, and ready to get
a decent night of rest after three really long days, so...
...until next time, this is Magi Master Cassie Proctor;
logging out!
