Rowen is sitting here grinning at me after I asked her where
I should start with this update; so let’s write about the fact that she and Tim
had more couples-alone time than Michael and I did – and they’re not even
unofficially a couple yet.
Go ahead and laugh, Rowen, but you’re seeing more action
than I am; so maybe you shouldn’t rush into the boyfriend-girlfriend thing in
case you mess that up!
That happened because Michael and I left Tim and Rowen alone
in the lounge when it was time to clean up before the boys went home after our
post-football movie and cuddle time.
They got to be alone, but Michael and I had Mom and Dad with us in the
kitchen while they were cleaning up from their own cuddle time in the living
room after their dinner and a movie guests had gone home for the night. I liked getting to spend that extra little
bit of time with Mom and Dad, but everything else we have going on in our lives
is continually getting in the way of what should be one of the best parts of
being a couple.
Let’s not get bogged down with thinking about what didn’t or
isn’t happening for Michael and me and move along.
Tai Chi this morning was extra fun because Naomi joined in
to try and exercise with Ethan and Ehlana.
She and Michael don’t know about each other, so we ended up just letting
the three younger kids play while Mom, Michael, and I worked through the latest
competition form that Michael was learning.
He stayed for breakfast and helped to get Ethan ready for the day before
going home to get ready for school; and I helped Mom with Ehlana and Naomi
before grabbing a shower and getting dressed while Mom and Michael cooked up a
batch of pancakes.
Rowen and I met up with Michael and Rebecca at their house
before walking to school together. The
rain was ending by then; and the forecast was decent for the rest of the
day. We were on the Day One schedule
today, and I’m still the only kid in our class to be even remotely excited
about starting the day out with Spanish.
Tim always leads the jokes about that, and reminds us every time that he
can barely manage to think in English before noon let alone try to understand
another language.
Philip – Mr. Seager – was off again today, and Eli was a top
story around the school today; though football was still number one – at least
according to nearly every guy. Mr. Ayres
was teaching us today; and I got teased for sharing several extra hugs with him. He’s an uncle again; would have liked to be
spending the day with his family; and needed the extra hugs so I just ignored
Tim and the other guys and girls who felt the need to make fun of me.
It’s just really too bad that hugging the boys doesn’t scare
them off anymore like it did when I first moved here.
Okay, that’s not all bad, but then Michael and I aren’t
getting many quality hugging opportunities right now anyway. How did we get back on that topic again? Let’s move along again.
There was football again at lunchtime, though Rowen and I
didn’t play today, and one good thing about our Day One schedule is that we end
the day with Phys-Ed. Michael and Tim
wanted to play more football after school, so Rowen and I sent them on ahead to
do that while we checked in with her parents at the computer store; stopped at
her house to pack an overnight bag so she could stay at my house tonight; and
did a quick after-school snack break with Mom and the twins while exchanging
the usual daily reports. We took Ethan
and Ehlana with us when we went to the park; and played with them until
dinnertime so that Mom could get some other work done while we were out. We watched the football action for a while
too, and Ethan got to have his football moment with Michael; but we spent most
of the time at the playground.
Mom had other help with getting dinner ready, and we ate
early enough so that Rowen and I could get ready for the football game before
leaving to meet up with Michael and Tim again.
We had a smaller-than-usual group for dinner and a movie night because
Uncle Nick, Aunt Deborah, and Leah were busy with the other half of their
family tonight, but we still had fun during dinner; and Aunt Leanne and Aunt
Grace spent some quality time teasing me about Friday night football game dates
and being too busy to hang out with them anymore.
I’d say that we all have a problem with being too busy; and
that isn’t going to change anytime soon – especially for Aunt Leanne and Uncle
Adam once they have taking care of their new baby added to the list.
While they had fun teasing me during dinner, babies were the
main conversation topic – especially now that Aunt Leanne is now counting down
in weeks instead of months. Eli’s
arrival has her getting even more excited; and she really wishes that it was
more like days or hours left instead of weeks.
She and the baby are both doing great, and though we couldn’t talk about
it tonight; he’s going to be the most successful graduate of the developing
Magi pre-natal training program so far.
I haven’t gotten involved in that except as an occasional observer; and
Mom’s being careful because she wants to study the effects of having multiple
influences on babies before allowing too many people to get involved in each
child’s training.
One good thing about having a ‘date’ to get to after dinner
is that it got Rowen and I out of the post-dinner clean-up so that we could go
up to my room and get ready to go out.
We met up with Michael at the Inn, and
then caught up with Tim at the school.
He had already found spots for us in the bleachers; so Rowen went to sit
with him while Michael and I got in line at the concessions booth to buy drinks
and snacks for all of us.
I’ll get to the football game report in a minute, but before
I do that; there was some news from the ranks of our fellow Grade Eight
students. Nora and Brock came to the
game together and definitely looked like there were there on a date. Vanessa and Allen were there too, though
they just as obviously weren’t there as a couple – even though Vanessa looked
like she was leaning that way.
Okay, that might be a bit of a stretch since I wasn’t close
enough to them to be able to pick up anything empathically from them; but I
have seen some of the signs before – when she was trying to use them on
Michael.
I’m including that news flash in my update primarily because
Michael, Tim, Rowen, and I were all very happy to see Nora and Vanessa moving
on – even though I can also assure you that the current objects of their
affection won’t be any more of a match for either of them than Tim and Michael
were. You’re reading this in the future;
so you know that’s true. Here in our
now, though, it was mostly nice to enjoy our night at the game without any
tween drama; glares; or whispered nastiness.
We should do the football report now, though Rowen and I
still haven’t really gotten all that interested in the games – we’re just there
to spend time with Michael and Tim. Our
Raiders won thirty-five to seven over Ridgeway.
We played them in the first round of the playoffs last season, and Kyle
must have made an impression because their quarterback was still afraid of
getting hit again – and spent most of the game today trying to avoid being
sacked by Kyle. The only touchdown they
were able to earn was on a big running play – and that guy had been motivated to
run his fastest too with Kyle trying to chase him down. It’s a good thing that Kyle even takes it
easy on his opponents, or Uncle Adam and Uncle Mark would have both been needed
tonight. As it was, there were a lot of
very sore Ridgeway players by the end of the game. Kyle also scored two defensive touchdowns and
managed to sack the Ridgeway quarterback twice despite the guy’s best efforts
to run away from Kyle all night.
The post-game celebration takes a while at home games – as
long as the weather is nice – but we didn’t stay long so that I could get home
and have a little visit with Dad before we moved on to watching our movie in
the lounge. The movie part of dinner and
a movie night was wrapping up when we got home; so our timing was pretty good
for spending some time with Dad while Ethan and Ehlana were being put to bed
for the night and the post-movie clean-up was being done in the kitchen. That wasn’t enough time to hear all about
Dad’s week in the city; but I mostly just needed extra hugs and kisses after a
week without them.
When Grandma, Grandpa, and the rest of Mom and Dad’s guests
started to leave, Michael, Tim, Rowen, and I went upstairs to get started on
our movie while we still had time to do that before the boys needed to be
home. The good news is that they didn’t
insist on an action or space movie tonight; while the bad would be that they
wanted to start watching Halloween movies.
I haven’t watched it yet, but one of the new shows getting a lot of buzz
at school is Sleepy Hollow; so I wasn’t surprised when Michael and Tim decided
that the Sleepy Hollow movie would be a good place to start their annual
Halloween movie-watching season.
Spending an hour and a half or so watching Johnny Depp wasn’t too much
of a burden for Rowen and me; and we did have the added bonus of some cuddle
time with Michael and Tim – though it took a little while before Rowen and Tim
got around to actually cuddling together instead of just sitting really close
together.
While I probably wouldn’t have picked that movie to watch
tonight, I do like most Tim Burton flicks; and they’re certainly more
intelligent than a lot of films in those genres. Now that I think about it, Tim may have
suggested Sleepy Hollow on purpose – Rowen’s shyness around him wasn’t stronger
than her need to have his arms around her during the scariest moments of the
movie.
It seems like just last year that boys our age were the
scariest thing in the world for us!
Okay, Rowen, I thought they were scary, and you were crossing over
already; but you know what I mean. The
good news right now for you is that the boys are going to want to watch scary
movies from now until Halloween; so you’ll have lots of chances to be scared
enough to cuddle with Tim. We’ll have to
save the fun Halloween movies for other times – though Michael wouldn’t mind
watching some of our favorite comedies and musicals.
I already covered all you need to know about the tail end of
our movie night; and there isn’t anything newsworthy to report from our time on
the front porch saying a last goodnight to Michael and Tim. We watched the boys walk over to Michael’s
house, but went inside when they ended up sitting on the front porch steps to
talk for a few minutes before Tim needed to get home. Mom and Dad were ready to go up to bed by the
time we got inside; so we all went up the back stairs and did another round of
goodnight hugs on the second floor before Rowen and I came the rest of the way
up to my room from there.
We’ve been listening to YouTube videos and talking since
then while I did a light version of my nightly computing; but I’m not doing a
full study session so that Rowen and I can both get a decent night of sleep. So far, we don’t have any plans for tomorrow
other than our usual Saturday work; but Dad’s going to try to get his homework
done tomorrow; so we’ll probably just have a play afternoon at the park and a
quiet night at home. I guess that
hanging out with Michael and Tim again tomorrow night will depend on how busy
it is at the Inn; and whether Michael can leave after the main rush or not.
I guess that’s it for now, and Rowen’s already giving me the
hint by packing up her computer; so I’ll do the same. Until next time...
...Live long and prosper, fellow Magi of the Light!
