Let’s start with the teen news that’s hot off the town
grapevine. Jenny has a new love interest
as of last night. That news came to me
through Michael, from Rebecca; and Jenny has apparently decided that Garth
Green, the only Grade Nine student to make the football team, should have a
cheerleader girlfriend. That decision
might have something to do with the fact that Garth’s big sister, Erin, is head
cheerleader and dating the captain of the football team; but then Garth has hit
a growth spurt too, so maybe she’s just finally getting around to noticing him
for the first time in a boyfriend-potential sort of way.
Compared to that, my day was pretty boring; though I’m okay
with that. Rowen slept in while I was
exercising by the river, but she and Michael were both happy to get in on the
country breakfast that Mom and Dad put together for us before Michael went home
and Rowen headed over to the computer store.
I needed that extra energy because Dad and I spent the next four hours
doing our chores before stopping for a late lunch at one-thirty. Nothing exciting to report there – just a lot
of hot, sometimes dirty work.
Rowen had already eaten by then, but she came over in time
to hop in the river with me before I ate; and she played with Ethan and Ehlana
since they’d eaten earlier while Dad and I had pushed through to get the work
done. Michael came over when he was on
his afternoon break from the Inn; and we went
for another swim – this time with Ethan and Ehlana too – before hopping on our
bikes and going for a ride. Tim was
busy, so he wasn’t able to go with us as we first toured the construction sites
and then did some trail riding at the park.
We wrapped up Michael’s afternoon break with a snack and
drinks back at my house, and then Rowen and I played with Ethan and Ehlana for
a while after he went back to the Inn until she needed to meet up with her
parents and get ready for the plans they had for dinner and the evening. I had a couple of quiet hours after she left
while helping Mom to make dinner for five; help Ethan and Ehlana entertain our
parents while we ate; and then join the clean-up crew of three before we all
went for a walk to the park for some playground action.
One good thing about the summer holidays being over is that
business at the Inn drops off
dramatically. I’m sure there are lots of
business owners who wouldn’t like that; but it is normal for towns like Witch Falls
that have a lot of seasonal tourism in the region. What I like about business being slower at
the Inn is that Michael gets the opportunities to get out of work early more
often; and tonight he was able to meet up with us at the park in time to catch
the end of our playground time.
Ethan and Ehlana loved that, and getting to go for a bedtime
swim with us after we got home. Michael
and I left them with Mom and Dad after that while we had some music play time
both on our saxophones and having a guitar lesson. We took a break for the goodnight hugs and
kisses when it was time to tuck Ethan and Ehlana in for the night, and then we
came back up to my room to do about half of our homework before ending our
evening with some quality cuddle time on the sofa while we
sort-of-didn’t-really-watch something on television.
We should definitely plan for more Saturday evening Michael
and me only nights!
He went home at eleven after we shared a fairly entertaining
front porch kiss. Note to me: pay more
attention to who else might be out on their front porches enjoying the cool
night air before bedtime. Then again, I
wouldn’t have wanted to miss out on that kiss or the fun we had because of the
whistles and hushed teasing.
I wasn’t going to do any major work or studying tonight, but
after getting changed and into bed with Mandy; I decided to get a head start on
my language studies schedule for next week so that I might be able to cut back
a bit on the late nights. An hour of
extra work now won’t make a huge difference, but it will help a bit; and I’ll
still be sleeping by one o’clock tonight.
There isn’t any email news to report, but it is Saturday night; and I
didn’t actually expect my college cousins and friends to be spending their
evening writing long update emails to me.
I’m sure that whatever they are doing instead is more exciting than
anything going on in Witch Falls tonight; but I wouldn’t trade the campus party
scene for a quiet night at home with Michael even if most other teens and
tweens might think that’s weird.
Since there isn’t anything else to report, and I really do
want to get some sleep now; I’m going to put my computer away, snuggle with
Mandy, and call it a night.
Live long and prosper, fellow Magi of the Light!
