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Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Cassie's Journal - June 25, 2013



We – Michael, Rowen, and I – have had one of those really great days!

For me, that started with Tai Chi by the river with Mom and Dad; followed by breakfast and a mad dash to get ready for a day at Quarry Lake that included packing a picnic for four.  Violet liked the idea of coming out to the lake too for a while; but she hadn’t even talked to Dillon about it yet before Rowen and I left to meet up with Michael and Tim and head out on our bike ride.

Michael had been ready to go by then too, but we had to wait about ten minutes for Tim to join us before we could get on our bikes and head north on Quarry Road.  We weren’t in any hurry to get out to the lake, and combined the ride with some play and trick practice time – though we didn’t do that while on Quarry Road – with all of the construction going on in town, there were trucks on the road hauling loads gravel, cement blocks, and concrete all day long.  That’s the main reason why we took a slightly longer route so that we could stay off of Quarry Road as much as possible.

There’s something extra-exciting about being allowed to fly and be free at each next-level of independence; and sharing that with Michael made that even better for me.  I wouldn’t classify our bike ride as romantic, but there were more than a few times while we were at Quarry Lake where the hot was not coming from the sun.  That was truer for Michael and me than Rowen; but then she was making things hotter for several guys today – including ‘Tommy’.  The fact that Rowen attracted the attention of a few tourist-camper boys our age may even have bugged ‘Tommy’; but I can’t be sure about that.  I had fun watching that action, though, and while Rowen was shy whenever the new guys were around; I could tell that she was really happy too.

I can hear Rowen telling me that those boys noticed me too, and Michael felt the need to stay close to me when they first wandered over our way; but I let him know fairly definitively that he had nothing to worry about; and we didn’t have any tweeirdness from them at all.  Too bad I can’t say the same for the members of our class couples club who joined us out at the lake about forty-five minutes after we’d arrived.

They didn’t actually join us – they rolled past, and took Tim with them before setting up their amazing campsite far enough away that Michael, Rowen, and I weren’t part of it; but close enough for us to see what we were supposedly missing out on.  The camping guys who had mostly just been watching Rowen to that point started moving in once we were a threesome, and while that was fun; watching Vanessa flirt with a couple of guys in what looked to be an attempt to get Michael jealous wasn’t fun or entertaining.  She probably mistook Michael’s expression for what she wanted it to be instead of bugging him.

The tweeird games didn’t keep us from having fun this morning, but Violet, Dillon, Jake, and Stephanie sure helped to kick things up a notch when they brought Rebecca, Ethan and Ehlana out to Quarry Lake for lunch and a couple of hours of play time that also gave Mom and Alicia a little time off to get some non-kid work done around the house.  After coming for a swim with us first, we also found out that they’d brought along some bonus picnic food to share with us that helped make the sandwiches and cold veggies lunch we’d expected to have much better.  That also managed to spoil the lunchtime tweeird games too; since Michael didn’t have any reason to be jealous about the major meal that Vanessa and Nora had packed – though Tim and the other guys with them appreciated their efforts.

Let’s skip writing about the rest of the tweeirdness from today.  I really loved getting to spend the play time with Violet, Dillon, Jake, and Stephanie.  We probably won’t get many chances to do that before they all head off to college in August; so I’m glad that they decided to do this with us – and with Rebecca, Ethan and Ehlana.  After having lunch, we did some playground time with the twins, and then swam and played in the lake for nearly another hour.  Rebecca and Rowen both had some guys hanging around and trying to show off for them; and Rebecca looked like she was having as much fun with that as Rowen was.  The four teens decided it was time to get Ethan and Ehlana out of the heat and sun by around two o’clock, and Michael, Rowen, and I helped then load up Mom’s minivan before they went home for afternoon nap time.

It was hard to tell at the time, but we found out later that there were toddlers and teens having afternoon naps, and judging by Violet’s smile; I don’t need the details.

Moving along, once Michael, Rowen, and I were on our own again, we had another hour or so to play – and for Rowen to dazzle the boys – before we needed to get on our bikes and head home again.  We spent most of that time in the lake, and then wrapped up our Quarry Lake time with just a bit more tweeirdness when Tim needed to choose between riding home with us and staying longer with Nora.  Having Michael back at work again starting tomorrow might have had something to do with his decision to keep Nora happy, but whether it was that, more time with his girlfriend in a swimsuit, or alternate reason; we only had a trio for the ride home.  Nora was happy to see us leave without Tim, but Vanessa obviously had mixed feelings about their divide and conquer plan working for Tim but leaving Michael with the option to hang out with me instead of suffering in solitude.  When we left, I also couldn’t feel too bad for her when she was also stuck dealing with the two fish – I mean boys – that she’d hooked while trying to make Michael jealous.

I’m not going to suggest that Tim really missed out by not coming along for the ride, since I’m sure he had fun swimming and playing with our friends; but we had an entertaining rest of the day too.  It was a really hot afternoon for the ride, so we didn’t play around as much on the way back to town, and then we hopped in the river to cool down after getting back to my house.  Ethan and Ehlana came in with us; and we kept them entertained until dinnertime.  Michael and Rowen both stayed for that; we were the clean-up crew; and then we wrapped up our play day with some more bike trick practice and another swim before they both headed home for the night.

Yes, there was a goodnight kiss with Michael; but it was not of the fireworks-inducing variety because we were not alone at the time.

After they left, I helped Mom and Dad with the bedtime routine for Ethan and Ehlana; Mom did a lesson with me; and then I was ready for a long soak in my Jacuzzi.  Doing my hair after that took a while, and then I played my keyboard for a half hour or so before climbing into bed with Mandy.  The nightly computing didn’t take long, and there isn’t anything new to report there.  It’s a work morning for Rowen and me tomorrow, but other than baseball practices and hopefully getting to work on our biking demonstration with Michael and Tim, we don’t have anything planned for the next couple of days.  Since the action level around here is really going to start picking up a few notches on Friday, though, I’m going to shoot for a little extra rest for the next few nights, so...

...until next time, this is Magi Master Cassie Proctor; logging out!