I am not finding the fairly abrupt transition into Fall that
much fun this year; and I didn’t like waking up to a near-freezing temperature
this morning. Day two of my period might
be affecting my perceptions today too; but the weather isn’t supposed to change
much through the weekend; and I don’t expect to feel differently about this on
Friday night when we’re trying to stay warm while watching another football
game.
The temperature and physical inconveniences didn’t really get
in the way of having a good day. I
seriously doubt that I’ll ever have a really bad day that begins with good
morning kisses with Michael and Tai Chi with my family. Michael stayed for breakfast; Ethan and
Ehlana entertained us for a while; and then we split up to get ready for the
day before heading to school with Rowen and Rebecca.
Mr. Ayres – and the rest of our teachers – must be trying to
get testing out of the way this week so that they have a chance at seeing
better results than they’d likely get next week when most of the kids and teens
are more interested in Halloween. Of
course that isn’t quite as big of a deal for our grade, when one-seventh of the
students score one hundred percent or higher on every test; so our class
average is always pretty good. The
seasonal theme for most of the tests may help too; though one comedian in our
class who shall remain un-named will not get bonus points for answering “zero –
there’s no such thing as ghosts” for one of the quiz questions today.
It was still cold enough at lunchtime that I didn’t need to
try very hard to get Michael to join Rowen and me for a music practice after
we’d eaten, and though Tim had picked football instead; they didn’t end up
playing for very long before deciding it was too cold. He ended up joining us for the last fifteen or
twenty minutes of our practice; and that might help him out with the playing
test tomorrow. He may not be into
playing music as much as the rest of us are, but he could be pretty good at
trumpet if he worked at it; and his best friend could help him a lot with
learning more about music in general.
We studied in the conference room at Landry’s after school,
and then it was time to get to work after that.
For me, that meant hiding in the office and working on the family business
from the time I got home until dinner was ready. Ethan and Ehlana spent most of that time with
me; and they entertained me with their daily report while working on their
Grade Twelve homework. Their favorite parts
of most weekdays right now are the visits with Aunt Leanne and Zack. Aunt Leanne has lots of help every day, but
Mom, Grandma, and Aunt Grace are with her most often during the day to help out
with the work; and just to make sure she gets regular breaks from the non-stop
baby action.
Ethan and Ehlana were also excited about their Ewok
costumes. Mom finished making them
today; and they look absolutely adorable in them. Michael, Tim, Rowen, and I have our costumes
ready too; and we were able to finish them when we got together again after
dinner. That took about an hour, and
then we had a bit of video gaming time with Ethan and Ehlana. The gaming wrapped up when Mom collected
Ethan and Ehlana to start getting them ready for bed; and Michael, Tim, and
Rowen headed home then too. I walked
them out, but it was cold again by then; and the goodnight kiss I shared with
Michael was short and sweet because I was already shaking. I guess I’ll need to throw a jacket or
sweater on from now on if we don’t want to be knocking our teeth together from
the shivering – or start doing our goodnight kisses indoors between now and
next spring.
Speaking of that; Rowen and Tim had one, short opportunity
for some friends with benefits time, and though Rowen and I didn’t get to talk
about it yet; the smiles suggested that they had fun while Michael and I had
gone on ahead of them with Mom and the twins.
My night from that point on hasn’t been much different than
last night. Mom, Dad, and I had some
bedtime fun with Ethan and Ehlana; my Magi lesson followed that; and I started
my bedtime computing and studies by around eleven o’clock. I started wrapping things up by
twenty-to-two; and could end up with nearly an extra half-hour of down time if
I hurry up and finish this update. I’ll
be at the Inn tomorrow night, and that’ll mean another late study session if I
want to have everything done for the week before getting into the weekend,
Halloween fun.
That is at least one really good thing about the little
nudges I’ve done to get Rowen and I on such a precise menstrual cycle – our
periods should never get in the way of our weekends! While that isn’t exactly an exciting or
interesting way to wrap up a journal entry, I don’t really have anything else
to write about; so I guess that’s it for today.
Live long and prosper, fellow Magi of the Light!
