Since I ended up getting to spend so much time with Michael
yesterday, I sort of forgot that it was an all-hands-on-deck week at the Inn;
and he’d just been cut some slack yesterday because of baseball practice. Since we had wanted to put in extra practice
time today on our bike routine, we had to work that out around his time at the
Inn – and everything else that Tim, Rowen, and I had going on too.
That meant that we needed to get together for our first
practice right after breakfast, and we worked on our tricks for an hour and a
half before taking Ethan and Ehlana for a swim until Michael needed to get to
the Inn. Our afternoon practice ended
early when it started to rain, but we still went for another swim with the
twins and had a snack break at my house before Michael went back to the Inn again. We
would have liked to have a bit more time to practice; but I think we’re ready
for the parade anyway.
When I wasn’t on my bike or swimming; Mom always had work on
her to-do list for me to help her with.
That included more cooking; running a couple of errands; and keeping
Ethan and Ehlana entertained – especially after it started raining. Aunt Grace, Mark, and their parents had been
doing their own thing for lunch, but Mom and Dad were hosting another dinner
with everyone at our house again; and the wedding work evening was at our house
too. I was on the cooking and clean-up
crews for lunch and dinner; and I spent most of the evening working and playing
with Aunt Grace, Aunt Leanne, and Mom on everything from finishing the last of
the gift baskets to making some of the decorations that would be used at the
church, at the reception, and on some of the cars.
Ethan and Ehlana recruited Mark and his parents to do the
bedtime story with them, so while they – and Aunt Grace – did that; I kept
working in the dining room with everyone else until we decided to call it a
night at eleven o’clock – mostly because Aunt Leanne was totally wiped out by
then. She’s almost always so fired up, I
think that we all forget just how much she’s been doing – and she’s just
finished a busy round of rental moves and home sale closings on top of getting
ready for the Fourth of July and the wedding.
I came straight up to my room after everyone else left; got
changed; and climbed into bed with Mandy and my computer. I only ran through the very basic nightly
email, news, sports, and entertainment checks, and once I have this update
finished; it’s going to be lights out for me.
Tomorrow is going to be a crazy day with incoming family and friends
converging on Witch
Falls for the holiday
weekend, the wedding, or both. Mom and
Violet are two of the drivers heading to the airport tomorrow to pick up Mark’s
family and friends, so I’ll be helping Alicia with Ethan and Ehlana while Dad’s
at work; and we’ll be the welcoming committee for the early arrivals. Add in our bike practice using the trailer,
the big dinner that we’re hosting again at our house, and the gang of girls
I’ll be sharing my room with for the next four or five nights; and we’ve got
all of the ingredients for one of those crazy-busy days, so...
...until next time, this is Magi Master Cassie Proctor;
logging out!
