Zack and I are multi-tasking tonight. He wants to party after having his bottle, so
I’m writing this with the help of a little Magi power while carrying him around
his room and trying to get him to go back to sleep again. Of course, he’s fascinated by the whole
telekinetic computing thing, and has been happily chatting away with me
telepathically since waking up; so it may be a while before he runs out of
steam again.
We’ve had a pretty good day around here. With Mom getting ready to go to Crystal
Springs this morning, along with the usual Tuesday morning routine, she and I
were running pretty much non-stop from the time we got up for Tai Chi until I
left for school. She probably didn’t get
a break until she was on the road out of town after dropping Ethan and Ehlana
off at KidZone.
I didn’t really have time to think about that while starting
my school day with the music theory and playing tests in first class, but other
than keeping a mental eye on Mom like I always still do when she’s travelling;
I wasn’t paying any attention to what she was doing. I’m sure her shopping and a little pre-dinner
pampering at the hotel was more fun than my morning and afternoon; so not
thinking about it didn’t have me wishing I was there instead of here. A five-star sleepover would have been fun,
but I wouldn’t have traded it for this extra time with Zack; and I’ll take a
wild guess that Mom and Dad are having more fun tonight without any kids there
to distract them.
With band practice after school, and three tests to study
for tomorrow; it was a bit too busy after school – especially when I added in a
short visit with Ethan and Ehlana between band practice and our study session
at the computer store. Since that didn’t
leave Michael and I with much time before we needed to be at Uncle Adam and
Aunt Leanne’s house for dinner; we only studied for our Spanish test so that I
could help Tim, Rowen, and Michael with that while we could work together. We’ll see how Tim plays it tomorrow with the
other guys, but he went home with Rowen when Michael and I needed to leave; and
he was going to stay there for dinner and to study for the math and Phys-Ed
tests.
Before you go there, and just in case that isn’t still the
case with some future Phys-Ed teacher; we do actually get written tests in that
class now and then to go along with the usual tests and assessments – and while
they’re usually fairly easy quizzes; most of my classmates need to study for
them because we don’t spend much class time memorizing terminology,
definitions, or sport history.
On the other hand, I do hope that they managed to find some
alone time while studying, though with Patrick there too; that might not happen
– especially since he was talking to Patricia about inviting Scott for dinner
too when we left the store tonight.
Michael and I needed to stop in at my house to grab my
overnight bag before going on to Uncle Adam and Aunt Leanne’s; and we enjoyed
having a few minutes together without anyone else around; but didn’t have time for
a full make-out session before dinner. At
least one of us wished that we’d made other plans for tonight while Mom was
away, and I’m seriously going to think about doing that the next time I have a
parent-free opportunity.
I’ll keep that thought for whenever I get around to my nap
once Zack goes to sleep again; and move along.
We had fifteen minutes to spare before dinner was ready, and Uncle Adam
was doing the cooking. Aunt Leanne had
just finished nursing Zack; so Michael and I took turns holding him until Zack
drifted off to sleep about half-way through dinner. Even when we’re doing family things together,
I haven’t been able to spend nearly as much time with my aunt, uncle, and
cousin as I’d like to; so it was really great to have a few hours to spend with
them tonight – even while that time included a kitchen clean-up and the
studying that Michael and I didn’t really need to do after that.
Michael stayed until Zack was ready for his nine o’clock
feeding, and then he headed home while I helped Aunt Leanne with Zack; and
Uncle Adam went to take care of some work in the office. It was heading toward ten by the time Zack
was sleeping again, and I stayed in his room while getting started on my
nightly studies and work after sending my aunt and uncle off to bed for the
night. I had two bottles of breast milk
available; so Aunt Leanne won’t need to get up again until the morning feeding
at six – or whenever Zack wakes up after wanting this last bottle early; but
staying up to play and talk with me.
There’s lots of little things from today that I was going to
write about, but I’m suddenly hitting the wall; so I should wrap this up, try
to get Zack mellowed out and sleeping; and have a little nap before we’ll be up
and running again in a couple of hours or so.
I’ll shoot for a more thorough update tomorrow.
Live long and prosper, fellow Magi of the Light!
