After three days of rain, it was really nice to see the
sunshine again today. We were still
indoors for Tai Chi because it wasn’t exactly summertime warm at dawn; but at
least the sunshine did brighten our morning through the wide, south-facing
windows in the exercise room.
The guys around town would tell me that the only news worth
reporting today in Witch Falls is that our football team won their game tonight
against Pinehurst. Since that does mean
that our team has completed an undefeated regular season, they’ll be the top
seed for our division during the playoffs, and could end up having home team
advantage deep into the post-season; I’ll concede the point, but I’m covering
the sports section of this report first so that I can get it out of the way and
move on to the more fun parts of my day.
Pinehurst came to play tonight, and though I wasn’t at the
game; pretty much every detail is on the town intranet already. Our team didn’t even have the lead from first
score to finish as we have practically all season. The good news for Pinehurst is that they put
up thirty-eight points against us; but they eventually gave up sixty-three –
though the game was close until Kyle again dragged our team kicking and
cheering toward the win with a bunch of big plays in the fourth quarter. Three of our last four touchdowns were all on
him – and at the expense of the Pinehurst offense when they were finally too
tired and sore to keep up with Kyle anymore.
Okay, they were too tired and sore to run faster than he
can; but you know what I mean. The
Pinehurst players did their best; it was a good game; and that’s probably why
both teams will be advancing to the playoffs.
Before I move on, the playoff picture for the first round is
pretty much set already too, and our team will be playing here at home against
Winfield Farms. We haven’t been up
against this team in quite a few years, so none of our players have any
personal game experience against them, but they’re one of the lowest-ranked
teams to make the playoffs this year; and so our team is the favorite to win
based both on our record this season and the fact that we made it through to
the championship game last year.
Whatever happens next Friday, I am fairly sure that Rowen and I will be
at that game regardless of the weather.
Hopefully Mother Nature will cooperate for that game the way
she did for Halloween last night!
While our team was away and playing a great football game,
it was dinner and a movie night at Uncle Adam and Aunt Leanne’s house tonight,
but before I get to that; let’s do a quick recap of the rest of the day
first. Tai Chi and good morning hugs and
kisses with Michael made for a great start to our day. He went home after exercising with us, so I
had a bit of extra time to help Mom with getting Ethan and Ehlana ready for
another KidZone day. Rowen was ready to
head for school first today, so she collected me along the way; and we met up
with Michael and Rebecca at their house for the first dry morning walk we’ve
had since Monday.
It was a Day One schedule Friday, so we started out with
Spanish class. For once, I wasn’t the
only person who was happy and fired up in that class; though most of the guys
were just on sugar highs, and the girls were happy to be entertained by their
candy-fueled antics. The Halloween
post-mortem was the top chat topic until football took over by lunchtime, and
while I didn’t watch any television last night, I did include getting up to
speed on the highlights while doing my nightly computer checks; so Rowen and I
were prepared for the top teen entertainment chats with the other girls.
The work part of our school day was fairly subdued. We started several new study modules today
that will take us through to Thanksgiving or the Christmas break. The Halloween decorations are already coming
down around the school; and Thanksgiving crafts and displays will take over
during the next four weeks. Since our
class will be going on the annual Grade Eight trip to Washington D.C.
next May, this next phase in our lessons for subjects like Social Studies and
History will lead from the founding of the colonies through to the development
of our ‘modern’ government and political system. My favorite class of the day was Phys-Ed;
mostly because we were able to go outside for that. It’s also the only class we had where I was a
little sad that Halloween was over, but maybe Zombie Dodge Ball will be back
again next year!
Michael and Tim were heading out of town with Tim’s aunt and
uncle after school, so we didn’t have much time to spend with them; and Michael
and I didn’t get to share much of a goodbye-goodnight kiss while there were
teens, parents, and teachers all around us.
Once they were on their way to Pinehurst, Rowen and I dropped their
computers and book bags off with Tracey and Miranda; and checked in with
Rowen’s parents too before heading over to my house. Mom was already working on her contributions
for dinner and a movie night, so we gave her our school report; took Ethan and
Ehlana with us; and headed up to the lounge for some play time until we all
needed to head over to Uncle Adam and Aunt Leanne’s house.
Without Michael and Tim, Ethan and Ehlana were happy to play
music with us; watch a little after-school television; and have a nice long
telepathic chat that Mandy happily joined us for. When it was time to leave, Rowen and I helped
Mom with carrying the bowls and pans of hot food and a box filled with
desserts, snacks, and two bottles of wine.
Mom put us to work setting the dining room table after that while Ethan
and Ehlana supervised in the kitchen and helped out as official
taste-testers. We had a big group this
week, and in addition to the full family, we also had the Seagers; Pastor John,
Stacey, and Rebekkah; and Heather, Adam, and Brandon Green.
That meant we had lots of toddlers and babies in the house
tonight; and Rowen and I were kept busy helping out with kid control all
evening. We were okay with that because
it meant getting to play with Ethan, Ehlana, Naomi, and Brandon; lots of baby cuddle
time with Zack, Eli, Leah, and Rebekkah; and especially importantly – get out
of kitchen clean-up cards while we helped the grandparents with the babies and
toddlers! I really loved everything
about our family and friends time tonight; and I’m glad that Rowen and I didn’t
go to the football game instead – even though that meant not spending time with
Michael on his one night off of the weekend.
Now that Halloween is over, spooky movies are off the list
for movie night choices; but we still need to stick with toddler-appropriate
entertainment, so we watched ‘Turbo’ tonight.
I’d comment on the impossibility of a snail winning the Indy 500, but it
was a cute show; and who am I to talk about impossibilities a day after I went
trick-or-treating with two Ewoks?
Having lots of toddlers and babies at the party means that
everyone is ready to go home early, and while Rowen and I thought about
watching a second movie in the lounge after helping Mom and Dad get Ethan,
Ehlana, and all of our gear home again, we decided against that; and she went
home instead. We had a bedtime computer
chat after I helped Mom and Dad with getting Ethan and Ehlana tucked in for the
night and had a little visit with my Jacuzzi; but I haven’t really done much
since climbing into bed with Mandy an hour or so ago.
We’re both going to have another fall clean-up yard work day
tomorrow, and I can actually be sleeping before midnight for a change if I
finish this up and try very hard to drift off into dreamland; so I’m going to
do that. Who knows – maybe I’ll even
manage to get fully recharged and then get to spend some alone time with
Michael tomorrow too!
Don’t laugh – it could happen! Maybe.
Hopefully. Please?!
Live long and prosper, fellow Magi of the Light!
