Yes, I think that Tuesdays are going to be my favorite
weekday for this school year – especially when Michael and I get to have dinner
and spend the evening together.
It’s getting much cooler in the mornings now, but we’re still
going out to the river for Tai Chi and just dressing a bit more warmly. Ethan and Ehlana like being outdoors for that
as much as the rest of us do, but then they’d also like to exercise in the
house so that they can practice their Tai Chi the way they can instead of
playing the public ‘normal toddler’ role.
Michael went home to have breakfast with his parents and
sister, and I was kept busy with the usual KidZone day morning routine right up
until he and Rowen met up with me here when it was time to get to school. Tim met us there, and I got to take the heat
for being late even though we still had time to drop things off at our lockers
before going to home room; and I hadn’t been running behind for any of the
reasons Tim kept suggesting.
We had a pretty good day at school, though there really
isn’t anything newsworthy to report from our classes; and no major gossip worth
repeating here. Band practice was fun,
and so was our study session after that at the computer store. Tim was late for that because he was playing
football at the park, and didn’t quite get all of his work done before Michael
and I needed to leave for dinner at his house.
When I stopped in to drop off my computer bag at home, I
found out that Ehlana had brought Naomi home with her from KidZone for a
sleepover; mostly because her best friend wanted a night off from all of the
middle of the night wake-up calls Eli was giving his parents and big sister
since getting home from the clinic. The
novelty of a baby in the house is definitely wearing off for her; and I suspect
that there will be more sleepovers for her at our house over the next few
months when she needs a break.
Jacob wasn’t experimenting with anything tonight, but his
dinners are still the best in town; and I really love getting to share those
meals with Michael and his family. Now
that Rebecca’s in Grade Nine, we’re not doing much together right now; but
she’s still my second-best girlfriend in Witch Falls;
and we have fun whenever we can hang out together without the great scholastic
and social divide getting in our way like it does when we’re at school. Hopefully that’ll change again once Michael
and I start high school too – at least for a few years.
Listen to me writing about Michael and me years in the
future! Is that the gourmet dinners
talking; or could it be that I know something? ;^)
Since he gets to do a lot of cleaning at the Inn, doing the
dishes after dinner isn’t Michael’s favorite job; but I think it’s a small
price to pay for the awesome food and try to make it fun for both of us
too. We followed that up with an hour or
so of music that was split between a guitar lesson and playing the band and
music class music we’re learning on our saxophones. That left us with a half hour or so to cuddle
on a sofa in the living room while we talked with Miranda, Jacob, and Rebecca;
and then it was time for me to get home so I could do the bedtime story and
snack with Ethan, Ehlana, and Naomi.
It’s after two again and I’m getting tired fast; so let’s
wrap this up in condensed version mode.
The story and snack was in the office with Dad; Mom and I did a little
girl chat time with Ehlana and Naomi after Ethan was tucked into bed and kissed
goodnight by four girls; and then Mom did a Magi lesson with me in my room
before she went to get Dad and take him to bed for the night. I’ve been doing all of my usual school night
studying and work since then, and don’t have anything important to report from
my archive or language studies; or from family business work or email
news. We’re back to a couple of
after-school work nights; so I really do need to rest up for that – and to help
out with Ethan, Ehlana, and Naomi in the morning; so that’s it for tonight.
Live long and prosper, fellow Magi of the Light!
