It’s been a rainy day in Witch Falls,
so nearly everything I’ve been doing has been indoors; starting with Tai Chi
through until now.
Michael came over to exercise with us this morning, but then
he went home to have breakfast there and help with a major house cleaning day
that they were doing instead of the yard work that was being delayed due to the
rain. Since the weather wasn’t
cooperating anyway, Rowen decided to work at the computer store with her
parents this morning; and I helped Mom and Alicia with some house cleaning
around here. I had time to do a little
work on the family business in the office too; and that gave me a chance to
have a little chat with Violet too. That
made for a quiet, uneventful morning, and it stayed quiet until after lunch;
when Rowen, Michael, and Rebecca were the first to come over and make our house
rainy-day central for the afternoon and evening. Rebecca invited Jenny and Joel, and while Tim
and Nora were both invited; Nora didn’t want to do that, and apparently wasn’t
happy when Tim decided to hang out with us anyway.
The guys mostly wanted to play video games, and Jenny stayed
close to Joel nearly all of the time they were with us; but Michael took some
time to play music with Rowen and me; and we all made time to play with Ethan,
Ehlana, Naomi, and Aiden. Joel was once
again really good with the younger kids, and even though he still plays the
rebel role in public; he didn’t really do that with Michael and Tim today. We managed to keep ourselves entertained
while cooped up indoors, but I honestly don’t know how other teens – like Chris
and Martin – can sit around playing video games day and night instead of being
outside and actually doing something – anything.
That might have had a lot to do with why I suggested another
canoe trip to the whirlpool for tomorrow.
Jenny wasn’t exactly warm to the idea until Joel assured her that he
really liked the idea of spending a day with Jenny in a swimsuit – and away
from parental supervision. I think he liked
going canoeing too, but didn’t admit that to us. As of right now, I’m not sure about whether
we’ll have extra tweens and teens along; but Michael, Tim, Rowen, Rebecca,
Jenny, and Joel are all going for sure; and Nora is a ‘probably’.
Mom invited everyone to stay for dinner, and offered frozen
pizza and wings. Grocery store frozen
pizza might not earn much enthusiasm for teen meals in cities where take-out
pizza is an option, but even Joel was up for that invitation after going a
month without pizza. Using the dining
room had been an option, but Mom didn’t have a problem with having our pizza
party in the lounge either – especially since that made it my job to do most of
the clean-up. Rowen, Rebecca, and I
helped with all of the work and cooking while the gaming continued in the
lounge. Dad had picked up extra on his
way home, and even though Michael, Tim, and Joel didn’t have any food contests;
we still needed all of the extra pizzas and wings.
Two out of three of the boys were convinced to give up video
gaming in favor of watching a movie after dinner. Naomi and Aiden had been picked up by their
parents by then; but Ehlana, Ethan, and Mandy were happy to cuddle with Tim,
Rebecca, and Rowen while we watched the show.
Hopefully Tim won’t be in trouble with Nora for cuddling with another
girl for nearly two hours. I’m sure
he’ll tell her, but knowing Tim; he’ll probably leave out the fact that it was
Ehlana right up until the moment he’s in real trouble. Since he was on his way over to her house when
he left here, we’ll know in the morning if he took another joke too far if
Nora’s ‘probably coming’ turns into a ‘go ahead without me and don’t hurry
back’.
We considered watching a second movie tonight, but with the
canoe trip plan; most of us wanted to make it an early night – or have some
couples alone time before needing to split up and go home. Rebecca left at the same time as Joel, Jenny,
and Tim; but Rowen and Michael stayed to do the bedtime routine with Ethan and
Ehlana. Michael told them their bedtime
story while we had our snack break with Mom and Dad in the office; and then he
and Ethan spent a little time together while we were tucking the twins into
their beds for the night.
I went outside onto the front porch with Rowen and Michael
when they were ready to leave, and we had a little chat before Rowen went home
first; Michael and I shared ad quick goodnight hug and kiss; and I watched both
of them dash through the light rain until they had each gone inside. Violet was hanging out with Dillon, Jake, and
Stephanie somewhere; so I had a little chat with Mom and Dad, and then came up
to my room and got ready for bed.
My nightly computing didn’t take long; and I only did a
couple of things that were family business-related. Getting the extra sleep really is my top
priority right now, and there isn’t anything else to report for today, so...
...until next time, this is Magi Master Cassie Proctor;
logging out!
