This morning started out quietly enough with Tai Chi by the
river for Michael, Ethan, Ehlana, and me while Mom and Dad slept in –
relatively speaking. Then we had about
two and a half hours of near-chaos as we needed to feed all of the campers;
have everyone take turns getting ready for church; and keep all of the younger
kids under control and entertained before making the exodus to the church.
I should’ve gone to sleep way earlier!
Thinking about that breakfast action is scary, so I’m only
going to mention that it really is astonishing how much food a large group of
teenage and tween boys can go through – even for an early morning meal. Some of them were probably regretting those
food games by later today – especially the guy that I won’t embarrass by naming
who ate six Olde Bakery bran muffins on a dare.
They’re not affectionately known around town as ‘movement muffins’ for
nothing.
Don’t ponder that for too long. ;^)
Moving on, so to speak; the big stories at church were the
meet and greet with Pastor John, Stacey, and Rebekkah Burroughs; and Ricky
Taylor’s introduction to the congregation by his proud parents and families. The church service wasn’t much longer than
normal, but the visits after church took a while – though I left when Michael
needed to so that I could walk with him to the Inn.
We had work to do after getting home, and while Mom,
Grandma, and Aunt Leanne put lunch together for us; Tim, Rowen, and I helped
Dad and Uncle Adam with tearing down tents and getting camping gear ready for
pick-up. There were other teens stopping
in to help us with that; but it still took nearly an hour to clear the
campsite; and then another hour to have lunch and do the clean-up from that while
the Moms and pregnant women were sent off for naps or breaks.
Tim stayed with us for lunch, but he moved on to other plans
with his family while Rowen and I took charge of Ethan and Ehlana for the
afternoon so that Mom and Dad could work in the office. We went for a bike ride with the trailer
first; played at the park; did an ice cream run to the Emporium that was timed
to meet up with Michael; and then we went for a swim with him back at home and
played in the back yard until he needed to go back to the Inn again for the
buffet shift.
Rowen went over to the computer store when Michael left
because she had family plans tonight too; so Ethan, Ehlana, and I got to have
some quiet time in the lounge where we had a little telepathic chat that was
mostly about next steps in our future plans ahead of our next meeting tomorrow
night. I may or may not be at that
meeting, depending on what Michael and I will be doing for his day off; but
Ethan and Ehlana can handle our end of things if I’m not there; and the three
of us aren’t all that involved in the things that will be happening this Fall.
Mom and Dad went with a leftovers and easy-dinner meal
tonight, and then we had a quiet evening at home that included some Magi
lessons; a little play time; and plans for all of us to go to bed early after
having such a late night and early, busy start to the morning. I even had my Jacuzzi time while Ethan and
Ehlana were having their baths; and would have been in bed first too if I
hadn’t gone down to their rooms for the bedtime story, hugs, and kisses.
I didn’t do any archive work tonight, and just covered the
basics for the nightly computer checks.
A lot more happened today that I didn’t go into detail about, but I’m
really tired; and it’s time to crash and get some serious down time, so...
...until next time, this is Magi Master Cassie Proctor;
logging out!
