I’m going to keep this short, because it’s late; and I’m
tired.
Michael was here for Tai Chi and breakfast again today
before we went over to the computer store to get a ride out to the ranch with
Rowen and Tim. Patricia had the outbound
trip this week; and we ended up getting a ride home with Lee Landry on his way
back from a repair call; since he was out near the ranch anyway.
We did the post-ride swim with Ethan and Ehlana before
Michael went home to get ready for work at the Inn. Tim and Rowen both stayed for lunch; and we
had a little picnic with Ethan and Ehlana on the dock; but then Tim went to the
school to watch more of the football training camp. Rowen and I had a fairly lazy afternoon that
included a little play time with the twins in the back yard; a visit to the
school while Michael was on his break; and a couple of swims. Michael and Tim went for one of those
afternoon swims with us – again just before Michael needed to get back to the
Inn; but Tim went straight back to the school when Michael needed to leave to
catch the tail end of the practice.
Rowen stayed for dinner too, and we ate on our own so that
we could get to the park extra-early for our practice. I’m not sure if that was good or bad, because
Carolyn was there with a couple of her friends too; and was happy to have us
join them for some bonus fielding drills.
Since we only had the teams that were in championship games practicing
this week, Coach Sarah and Carolyn were able to have an extended practice; so
we worked for a bit more than two hours – not including the early drills –
before they set us free with admonishments to get extra rest and be ready for
the game on Saturday.
That’s easier said than done for me. Rowen and I went for a swim after getting
home, and then Mom did a Magi lesson with both of us while Rowen waited for her
parents to finish up at the computer store.
They’ve been busy with the back-to-school rush this week, and though I
hadn’t worried about it one way or the other; Mom did get my school computer
updated with everything I’d need for Grade Eight this year.
We had a lot of fun with the lesson, and then we went for a
bedtime swim with Michael, Ethan, and Ehlana when Michael stopped in after
getting home from the Inn. Rowen went home after the water play time,
but Michael stayed to help with the bedtime snack and story for the twins; and
he and I tucked them in for the night before taking drinks and going to sit by
the river for a while and have a wind-down chat. That wasn’t the end of my night, because after
Michael went home; I needed to get to work.
Mom and Dad had suggested that it might be easier for me if I did as
much of my weekend yard work tomorrow instead of on Saturday so that I wouldn’t
have all of those extra chores along with everything else that we have
planned. That actually works for me, but
it meant that I needed to get the family business work done tonight instead of
tomorrow; and I wanted to get my archive homework out of the way before the
weekend too. I’ll be getting back to my
usual school year workload on Monday or Tuesday night; and I don’t need to have
a back-log before adding new language studies and daily archive research to the
mix.
That’s why I’m writing this at nearly three o’clock in the
morning, but the computer work is done now, and once I get the yard work out of
the way; it should be mostly fun and games for the rest of the weekend!
If I don’t need to sleep through half of it.
Until next time, this is Magi Master Cassie Proctor; logging
out!
