Rowen and I still don’t feel completely warm yet, and that’s
after being home for hours now; and we’ve been in bed now for quite a while
too. We’re also both wishing that the
rain hadn’t mostly stopped by game time; since we weren’t able to use the
weather as an excuse to skip going to the game with Michael and Tim.
I shouldn’t complain for myself anyway, because I did at
least have Michael to cuddle with while we watched the game; but Tim is still
not attempting to make any public moves on Rowen yet; so she was even colder
than I was – though we were both shivering by the end of the game. Before I get to the football game and the
rest of our evening; let’s back up and start from the beginning of the day.
It was cold this morning too, and we stayed indoors for Tai
Chi. Mom had done a new lesson with
Ethan and Ehlana yesterday morning; so she repeated it again today both for
them and so that Michael could learn the new postures. That was fun for all of us, and though
Michael didn’t stay for breakfast; he did help Ethan to get ready for a KidZone
day, and had a chat with all of us in the kitchen before heading home to eat
and get ready for school. Since I was
fully charged again, it didn’t take me long to blast through my usual Friday
morning routine; and I went over to Rowen’s house with enough time to help her
with a little hair play time before we needed to meet up with Michael and
Rebecca.
The cold, wet weather wasn’t a great mood-setter today, and
I’m the only student in my class who doesn’t mind starting our last school day
of the week with Spanish class; so we weren’t exactly the most cheerful
bunch. Maybe this just felt like a tough
day this week by comparison to the beautiful fall festival play day we got to
enjoy last week. Whatever the reasons,
though, this did end up being a down day for a lot of kids and teens. There was no football at lunchtime; most of
the students stayed indoors; and just in case starting the morning with Spanish
wasn’t enough for some of my friends, we got to start the afternoon with a math
test. In fact, the only class of the day
that got anyone other than me fired up was Phys-Ed, and though we had to stay
indoors for that too; playing volleyball was a fun way to end the afternoon
before being set free for the weekend.
I had the night off from babysitting and helping Mom or Aunt
Leanne today, but I stopped in at home to pack an overnight bag for Rowen’s
house; and she and I did a little visit with everyone at Aunt Leanne’s on our
way to her house while Michael and Tim were checking in with their parents
too. We were taking the night off from homework
too, and ended up hanging out at Tim’s house until dinnertime. Nobody reading this in the future will be
surprised to discover that video games were Tim’s choice of entertainment for
us; and Rowen and I mostly watched the action on the big-screen while Michael
and Tim played their way through two of their favorite games and we all talked
about our day; plans for the weekend; and Halloween.
While I’m thinking about Halloween, the school dance is next
Friday night; boys can be very dense; and I’ll pick up four tickets on
Monday. One of these days, Tim better
figure out that Rowen does make the distinction between the four of us going to
the dance together because of our costume theme and being invited to go to the
dance on a date. She is still – mostly –
a happy camper, but come on, Tim; it’s been two months since that first kiss at
the amusement park and you really need to get a clue, dude!
Mom, Ethan, and Ehlana were having dinner at Uncle Adam and
Aunt Leanne’s, and while Michael and I were invited; we decided to have dinner
at the Inn instead. We’d gone there thinking about just getting
drinks and fries, but Miranda wouldn’t let us get away with that; so we had a
‘real’ dinner before heading over to the school to meet up with Tim and Rowen
for the game.
As I mentioned, the rain had pretty much ended by game time,
but that still meant that everything was wet; and a cool day was turning into a
cold night in a big hurry once the sun went down. While that didn’t give Rowen and I enough of
a reason not to be there, I was tempted to stay with Rebecca at the Inn after
finding out that she’d picked helping out there instead of coming to watch the
game – or Jason Johnson. Being able to
do that might not last much longer if they officially start dating soon, but
from what I picked up from her tonight; I’d say that Rebecca is hanging out
with Jason more for Jenny than any other reason.
Moving on to the actual game report, while the field was
wet, it’s kept in great condition; and wasn’t a muddy mess like some football
fields can be. We played against
division rivals, Varney; and both teams were prepared for the conditions – at
least equipment-wise. The final score
didn’t really reflect it; but Varney played well tonight – they just couldn’t
punch in any touchdowns; and gave up big plays on just a handful of
mistakes. Kyle was there to take
advantage of every one of those errors; and he earned three defensive
touchdowns to go along with six sacks and eight other tackles-for-a-loss plays.
The Varney quarterback also earned Kyle’s respect
tonight. He got hit a lot in addition to
those sacks, but never personally coughed up the football; bounced up after every
hit; and didn’t stop playing his best all night – even after there was no
chance of a comeback for his team. I
liked that a lot too, and don’t mind admitting that I was silently cheering for
the guy to get a touchdown against our team after working so hard. That didn’t happen, and he had to settle for
six field goals – and better stats than our offense had tonight for everything
he had control over. Unfortunately, he
couldn’t keep his teammates from fumbles that were all turned into points by
our defense or gave our offense short fields to work with all night. We started kicking field goals again this
week by the fourth quarter; and still ended up winning fifty-nine-to-eighteen.
While the football action was good, Jenny found out that
being a football cheerleader isn’t always fun.
Rowen and I had a little chat with her between the first and second
quarters, and she wasn’t enjoying the cold; doesn’t like the cold-weather
outfits they were wearing tonight; and she was really uncomfortable because her
shoe choice hadn’t been waterproof, so her feet were cold and soaked.
That’s probably why some of the girls at school only try out
for the basketball cheerleading squad – and why the football cheerleaders have
had enough fun for the school year by the end of November.
Rowen and I offered to make a half-time run to Jenny’s house
for her, but she’d already taken care of getting a footwear change brought over
so she’d be ready for the half-time routine.
I’ll guess she’ll be prepared for that from now on – and that she’ll
never like being a cheerleader for the bad-weather games. She will still do it, though, if for no other
reasons than the social status that goes with being a cheerleader and getting
to hang out with the hunkiest guys – both on our team and from the other
schools.
Let’s get back to the update before taking that train of
thought on to the next logical station.
While Michael and Tim are committed fans of our team and
football in general, Michael knew that Rowen and I were freezing; and didn’t
really give Tim a choice when he suggested that we skip most of the post-game
action and head over to Rowen’s house right away. She’d invited them to come back with us
earlier after getting parental approval at dinnertime; and her Mom was prepared
for us with hot drinks and a couple of pizzas that Patrick and Scott helped
Michael and Tim demolish.
The two younger boys made sure that there were no major
cuddle opportunities for Rowen and Tim, and though I snuggled close to Michael
while we were all in the living room together; he was busy playing video games
most of the time, so he had his hands wrapped around a game controller instead
of his arms around me. While that wasn’t
romantic at all, Michael and Tim did at least distract Patrick and Scott so they
weren’t pranking Rowen and me – though that reprieve lasted until about ten
seconds after Michael and Tim went home at eleven-thirty.
Having an annoying audience meant that Rowen didn’t get a
goodnight kiss opportunity either; and I certainly don’t have anything worth
recording for posterity in that department tonight either. I don’t know what Patrick and Scott are doing
for Halloween costumes, but whatever they come up with won’t be any scarier to
Rowen and me than just being themselves when they’re being total pains like
they were for more than an hour after Rowen and I came up to her room.
They’ve been quiet for about a half hour now after getting
an ultimatum from Owen; so Rowen and I have finally been able to chat in peace
and wind down from a long day. We need
to go to sleep soon too so that we’ll be ready for the yard work we both have
ahead of us starting first thing in the morning, so I’m going to wrap this up;
though we’re not quite ready to drop off yet.
Still feeling chilled is part of the reason for that; and so is how
we’re each feeling about the lack of alone time with our respective, favorite
boys. We’re not likely going to be able
to do anything about that for Rowen this weekend, but I’m seriously considering
making some Michael and me time tomorrow night after he’s finished at the Inn – even if I need to use a time-phase for that to
happen!
That’s a nice thought to end this update with, so...
...Live long and prosper, fellow Magi of the Light!
