After getting to play for a lot of the last two days, it was
time to do some more work. For me, that
meant helping out with getting ready for the holiday weekend, and the
end-of-season camping adventure that we were hosting on Saturday night while
the parents were at the annual party at Sheldon’s.
It wasn’t all work and no play, but let’s get the work part
of the recap out of the way first.
Though we’re not going to have any holiday weekend guests staying with
us, Mom, Aunt Leanne, Aunt Grace, and Aunt Deborah are working together to
coordinate the pre-cooking for the meals we’ll collectively need to provide –
plus our contributions to the food booths for the party in the park on
Sunday. Mom started the cooking
adventure in our kitchen as soon as Alicia came over this morning, and I
basically worked as a gopher and odd-jobs assistant. My work included everything from helping out
with laundry to running errands for Mom; and we both managed to do a bit of
work on our computers during the short lulls in the action.
Rowen worked at the computer store all morning, and then
came here in time to have lunch with us.
She helped out too after that until we took Ethan and Ehlana over to the
park to meet up with Michael and Tim – or at least to hang out there while they
joined in for another football practice during Michael’s afternoon break. Michael wasn’t getting his usual Friday
afternoon and evening off this week, but that was because he was going to have
that time off on Saturday instead for his baseball game; and for the barbeque
and camping adventure here.
The official High School football training camp starts on
Monday, so Kyle had the guys work really hard today; and that didn’t leave
Michael and Tim much time to spend with Ethan, Ehlana, Rowen, and me before
Michael needed to get back to the Inn. We’d been at the playground for a while by
the time they were set free, and we went back to my house for a swim. Michael only had fifteen minutes left to do
that with us; and then he was off and running again. Tim stayed for the rest of our water play
time and the snack break after that before leaving too; though if he didn’t
have other plans for the rest of the day I think he would have liked to stay –
especially while Rowen was in her swimsuit.
Rowen and I stayed in our swimsuits for the rest of the
afternoon and evening; though we put shorts and tops on when we weren’t either
swimming or drying off from a swim.
There were several water play time breaks, and we mixed them in with the
cooking and cleaning work that we joined in to help with from the time that Tim
went home until the dinner and a cooking night fun wrapped up at nine
o’clock. Dinner was at our house, but
the pre-cooking work was being done at Uncle Adam and Aunt Leanne’s house too;
and we were able to keep ovens busy in four kitchens as we managed to get
everything on the collective pre-cooked meal to-do list finished tonight.
Dad got home from Crystal Springs about an hour after we’d
finished having dinner, but the only work he was allowed to do was to carry
pans or casserole dishes to and from other houses to either be cooked or
brought back to be frozen until needed next weekend. Ethan and Ehlana were happy to keep him
entertained when he wasn’t busy, and though Rowen and I didn’t spend as much
time with him as they did; he went for the last swim with all four of us once
the last clean-up round was nearly finished.
Rowen went home after that, and I helped out with getting
Ethan and Ehlana ready for bed and tucked in once the rest of the dinner and a
cooking night crew had left too. Mom and
Dad didn’t look like they needed to have any company after that, so I came up
to my room then, and have kept busy while not thinking about what my parents
are doing now that they’re alone after being apart for five days. Mandy and I have been cuddling in bed, and
I’ve been doing some more archive studying.
That kept me busy for a while, but my usual nightly computing was
lighter than usual. There wasn’t much
email traffic, and nothing that needed to be handled for the family business.
We’re going to have a late night tomorrow, and a lot of fun,
but I also have a major chore list to get through in the morning too; so it’s
time to wrap this up and call it a night.
Until next time, this is Magi Master Cassie Proctor; logging
out!
