This is going to be a short update, because I don’t really
have much to report for today; and I’m making a point of going to bed early so
I can get a little extra sleep.
We were able to exercise by the river this morning, but had
some rain move in by the time we sat down for breakfast. Michael went home after Tai Chi to have
breakfast with his family; and we only spent time together during church and
his afternoon break. Rowen and I were as
busy as Mom, Dad, and Violet were between the work in the kitchen, helping to
get four toddlers and two babies fed and dressed; and taking turns having
showers and getting ready ourselves.
Naomi, Leah, Aiden, and Hailey were all picked up by their parents by
the time we were ready to drive over to the church, and though we could have
all squeezed into the minivan; Rowen and I went with Violet in her car so we
didn’t need to climb into the back bench together.
As promised, the most important news to report from church –
for Rowen – is that ‘Tommy’ needed to look at her thirty-four times while we
were at church. There may have been more
glances, but that was all of them while I was around until I left to walk with
Michael to the Inn. That is fairly significant since we were only
at church for an hour and a half.
There was some minor tweeirdness too, but I’d expected to
hear more about being a jinx for the Wranglers today; and Nora and Vanessa made
sure that I wasn’t disappointed. Vanessa
hasn’t been trying to play any of the games she’d been using to try and get
Michael interested in her anymore; so excluding us from birthday parties and
putting me down with their little jokes and comments is probably payback for
messing up their plans. That’s going to
get annoying if it goes on too long, but hugs and kisses with Michael make all
of that fairly easy to take for now. :^)
Moving on, after walking with Michael to the Inn, I went home again.
The rain had already stopped about half-way through the service today,
so Mom and Dad decided to have lunch on the back porch. Rowen stayed for that, and we were set free
to play for the afternoon, but then she had family plans for dinner and this
evening; so she went home shortly after Michael finished his break and went
back to the Inn for the start of the buffet
rush.
Dad’s been working in the office most of the afternoon and
evening, and Mom spent some time there too when she wasn’t doing other things
with Violet, Ethan, and Ehlana. Rowen
and I took the twins to the park for a visit after lunch, but only had them
with us for a swim while Michael was with us before he, Rowen, and I went for a
little bike ride and spent the rest of his break time on our own.
It was nice having a quiet dinner with just our family; and
spending a little time with Violet tonight too while she waited for Dillon to
finish his shift at the Inn. Mom even
did a Magi lesson with Violet, Ethan, Ehlana, and me; and it seems like it’s
been a really long time since we’ve been able to do that. I came up to my room for some Jacuzzi time after
that while Mom and Violet did the full bath and bed routine with the
twins. I multi-tasked my family business
work while doing that, and then went downstairs again for the bedtime story and
snack that we had in the office with Dad.
Violet went to meet up with Dillon after that, so I helped Mom with
getting Ethan and Ehlana tucked in before coming up to my room again and
climbing into bed with Mandy.
Michael and I had talked about getting together after he was
finished at the Inn too, but decided not to do that. The chat and goodnight kisses would have been
nice; but we both need the extra sleep more tonight. Since we are making that sacrifice to get the
bonus down time, I should put my computer away and do that, so...
...until next time, this is Magi Master Cassie Proctor;
logging out!
