I’m going to like Thursday mornings this summer! Tai Chi, breakfast, and riding lessons with
Michael – and Rowen and Tim – make for a fun way to spend the first half of the
day.
With Dawn and Jillian along too, Violet had a full minivan
for the trips out to the ranch and back home again. It was really hot out on the trails, so
riding was a bit uncomfortable by the time we were done. We didn’t have a shorter lesson because of
the heat, but we did need to take extra breaks to water both the horses and the
riders. Going for a swim after getting
home again was necessary to cool off and to lose some of the trail dirt that
our Moms didn’t want in our houses or at the Inn,
store, or even Landry’s auto shop or showroom.
Michael and Tim left after our swim, and Rowen and I helped
Mom and Alicia with making lunch while Dawn and Jillian watched Ethan and
Ehlana; and Violet was back working in the office again. Vanessa was the only extra lunch guest; and
Chrissy was out having lunch with Josiah and his family.
I’ll guess this has been her best holiday ever so far in Witch Falls!
:^)
There really isn’t anything to report from the long, lazy
hours between lunch and dinner. We went
swimming several more times; played a bit with Ethan and Ehlana; and did a lot
of nothing during the hottest part of the day.
We had a light, early dinner so that Rowen and I could get to our
baseball practice by six o’clock; and pretty much everyone else decided to stay
close to home or indoors all evening.
Our practice went well-enough that even Carolyn Landry was happy and
sure that we’re as ready as we can be for our game on Saturday.
My lounge was video game central again tonight, so Dawn,
Jillian, Rowen, and I watched a movie in the living room after we got back from
baseball and went for a swim. Rowen went
home after that, and Dawn and Jillian took turns in my Jacuzzi while I went to
the Inn to meet up with Michael and spend an
hour or so with him while he wound down from another hot evening in the kitchen. We went for a swim at his house, and then sat
on their dock with bottles of water and talked while watching the stars. With a busy weekend ahead, we both decided to
call it a night by ten-thirty; including having the goodnight hugs and kisses
finished by then too.
That was good timing for me, because by the time I was
getting home; the gamers were going for a swim.
While they’d vacated the lounge, I felt a lot more comfortable with
grabbing a quick shower when there wasn’t a bunch of tween and teen boys in the
other room; and I even had my hair dried and was sitting in the window alcove
with my computer before they finished their river play time and came inside
again to resume their competition.
I haven’t done any family business work tonight, and once
this journal update is finished; I’m crawling into bed with Mandy and crashing
for the next six and a half or seven hours.
We’re going to Quarry
Lake tomorrow, and some
of us are biking there and back; so we should be in for another amazing day –
with the bonus that Dad will be home tomorrow night. In addition to a yard work morning and my
baseball game on Saturday, we’re doing a late-afternoon trail ride and an end
of holiday barbeque and campfire before our cousins head home on Sunday after
church.
That won’t leave much time for sleep, and I should get the
extra rest now while I can, so...
...until next time, this is Magi Master Cassie Proctor;
logging out!
