Happy Valentine’s Day!
There’s been so much happening today, let’s just start from
the beginning and I’ll try not to miss too much of the action.
Michael and I put a little extra effort into our good
morning embrace before Tai Chi; so our day started off great! Having him stay for breakfast; exchanging
gifts; and then spending some extra time with Mom and Ehlana while the three of
us got appropriately beautiful for our favorite guys was all awesome too. I won’t bother detailing all of the gifts we
exchanged, but I can assure you that we were all very happy; and the guys did a
great job with their Valentine gift choices.
They also obviously talked to each other about that
too. For instance, Dad gave roses to
Mom, Ehlana, and me at breakfast, and then Michael sent roses to me at school –
which Dad has done every year before now.
I hope he understands why I needed to keep all of Michael’s roses this
year instead of sharing some like Rowen and I have before; but I just couldn’t
part with any of them – even though there were a few girls who didn’t have any
sent to them when the flower deliveries were dropped off in each classroom.
This is probably a good place to mention that Rebecca had a
pair of surprises this morning – a secret admirer Valentine’s Day gift on her
desk in home room; and a flower delivery that was in addition to the one sent
by her father and brothers. She may not
be in any hurry to date anyone right now, but she loved the gifts, and her
secret admirer picked out something really special – replacing a necklace that
she’d loved a lot but had broken a while ago.
Yes, I do know who, and no, I won’t tell you even though
you’re reading this in our future; and may know who he is too. That probably seems strange to you, but
sometimes it’s nice to just write and think about the now instead of being
stuck in the future – like I am a lot of times with my family business and
future plans work.
Most of the teens in our class were happy campers today with
only a few exceptions. I don’t want to
dwell on that when it’s been such an amazing day for me; but there were
disappointed girls as I knew there would be; and some guys who are in the
doghouse tonight. That problem certainly
wasn’t exclusive to the Grade Eight class, but since Michael and I didn’t spend
much time at the dance tonight; we didn’t even hear much about most of the
drama going on today.
Tim probably followed Michael’s lead for his Valentine’s Day
plans with Rowen, and while they both sent us roses; their special picnic lunch
was obviously put together for us by Jacob – and Nathan at the Olde
Bakery. That was an awesome surprise and
we were even on our own for most of our lunch break because they set up our
picnic in our home room class instead of doing that in the cafeteria. That was almost as much for the other kids
and teens as for us, since we definitely had the best meal by far; and it just
wouldn’t have been nice to eat all of that amazing food while nearby students
were stuck with the usual lunch bag standards.
We didn’t actually get much done in class this morning; and
Michael, Rowen, and I were gone all afternoon with the band. As soon as we were finished having lunch, we
headed for the music room and started helping with hauling gear over to the church
and getting set up. Michael had his
guitar and saxophone with him, but I didn’t need to haul my keyboard around
because the church has an electric piano in the reception hall.
The Seniors’ Valentine’s Day party and dance was one of my
very favorite parts of the day; and every kid and teen in Witch Falls
should feel blessed that we live in a town where love and commitment really
means something. That’s obvious when so
many of the seniors were at the party with life-long partners; and enjoying
spending time with friends they’d known since early childhood. Michael and I loved playing the old songs
with the band; but our duet was just as awesome and amazing for us as our
Christmas concert music had been. While
we did the Nat King Cole and Natalie Cole version of Unforgettable; I think
that the best compliment we were given was that we sounded just like the great
singers of that era. Making the ladies
cry was a close second; and Michael and I both earned a lot of hugs – including
some from his own grandparents.
While we wouldn’t dream of claiming to sound this good; I
think we at least did the song justice.
Here’s a YouTube link for anyone in the future who might not have heard
the old classic before.
We were late getting out of school today, but that was only
because Michael, Rowen, and I helped with getting our instruments and all of
the band gear back to the school after the party was over. Tim helped too after last class, but when we
were finished that; he and Rowen headed over to the computer store when Michael
and I needed to get to the Inn after dropping our gear off at our houses.
Okay, we might have spent a few minutes making out at his house
before getting to the Inn; but it really was
only a few minutes – and it is Valentine’s Day.
Valentine’s Day meals at the Inn are always very busy, but
having it on a Friday meant being sold out for two sittings and more than a few
disappointed customers who couldn’t get tickets for the best meal in town. The early meal mostly had teen couples and
families attending; while the late sitting was almost exclusively adult couples
– and most of them were having dinner at the Inn
before going on to the party at Sheldon’s.
Michael, Rebecca, and I basically missed all of the action
in the dining room because we were very busy in the kitchen – as was everyone
else as we tried to keep up with the workload.
We only took a short break for a snack meal; though Rebecca stopped for
a longer meal break when Michael and I were set free after the dessert trays
went out as the second sitting wound down.
Miranda and some of the other servers kept us updated on any major news
stories – like who was there with whom; and best gifts of the day. I loved every minute that I spent at the Inn tonight, but the highlight was Rebecca and I both got
a little gift from Miranda and Jacob.
I am so going to keep Michael – and his family!
We’re up to the Valentine’s Day dance at the school part of
the report, and though we had fun; it might have been easier tonight if we’d
just skipped that hour or so of action.
There wasn’t time to hit the showers and get dressed up more than we
already were; so we only freshened up a bit at the Inn before walking over to
the school; and we were definitely dressed down compared to most of the teens
at the dance.
I did like getting to spend some of that time with Rowen and
Tim, and they were having a great time at the dance; splitting their time between
sitting and chatting with our classmates during dance breaks and getting to
hang out with Kyle and the other football guys and their girlfriends. Those older guys are letting Tim – and
Michael – hang out with them more often now that he’s doing the daily weight
training with them; but he’s still tolerated mostly because he’s Kyle’s
‘little’ cousin.
Then again, every guy at school is little compared to
Kyle. It’s just more obvious with a pair
of Grade Eight teens.
Anyway, Michael and I spent about half of our hour there on
the dance floor; and the rest of the time with Rowen, Tim, and some of our
other friends. We needed to be home by
ten so that we could take over babysitting duties from Mom and Dad, so we left
the dance by a quarter to ten; and they were already dressed up and ready to go
by the time we got there. They only
stayed long enough for the hand-off; and then Michael and I took Ethan, Ehlana,
Naomi, and Aiden up to the lounge after doing the goodnight hugs and kisses
with Mom and Dad on their way outside.
While our three boys gave us our choice of entertainment,
and it was tempting to pick an appropriately gooey chick flick for the
occasion; Ehlana, Naomi, and I opted for a half-hour or so of video gaming for
the guys followed by a kid-appropriate action-comedy movie. Lots of cuddling was involved – including
among two sets of junior couples. I knew
about Ethan’s Valentine’s Day plans for Naomi, but it was fun hearing about it
from her – and Ehlana – while Michael, Ethan, and Aiden were playing their
games. I wasn’t surprised to find out
that Aiden had given Olde Bakery Valentine’s gifts to his three best friends,
but he had a special little gift for Ehlana too; which definitely made her day.
Michael and I both thought that it was very cute having
Ethan and Naomi cuddled together and with me on my side of us; and Ehlana and
Aiden on his side. Our play time alone
after we put them to bed for the night was by far my favorite part of the day;
but I also really loved getting to have that two and a half hours or so with my
sister, brother, and their best friends too.
The four younger kids were tucked in for the night by a bit
after twelve-thirty, and thanks to it being Friday night; Mom and Dad were able
to stay out late with their friends without having to worry about getting up
early for work or church. Michael and I
were very happy with that late-night plan too; since we ended up with more than
an hour and a half of play time that was hotter than anything we’ve managed to
have time for since the Christmas holidays.
While getting dressed up for the dance hadn’t been an option
tonight; changing into something more comfortable – and hotter – for Michael
was possible; though I wasn’t wearing the nightdress or lingerie for quite a
bit of that hour and a half. Getting
undressed again was certainly way more fun, and while we definitely don’t get
as much practice at that as we’d both like; we are getting better and more
confident in our play time.
Hopefully that doesn’t scare the parents reading this in the
future, but are there really very many Magi who haven’t seen someone of the
opposite sex naked by the time they’re thirteen and done at least a little bit
of exploring of their sexuality? I was
definitely behind the curve on that compared to most of the girls in my grade;
though Rowen and I are both catching up fast – a fact that I’m sure Michael and
Tim both appreciate a lot!
I haven’t heard from Rowen tonight, and she was likely
sleeping before Michael and I split up and he went to bed in his room on the
second floor after we finished saying goodnight to Mom and dad; but I’m sure
we’ll have lots to talk about tomorrow.
She and Tim were going to have some alone time tonight after the dance
too – at his house while his parents were at Sheldon’s. She’s certainly getting over being shy in
private with Tim; and he’s discovering that there’s some fire in Rowen that has
nothing to do with her hair color that is very different than her shyness in
public.
Okay, that’s probably more information than I need to write
in my journal about my best friend; and the point is only that I’m really glad
that she’s so happy now.
I don’t really need to add any more details about what
Michael and I were doing tonight either; and there really isn’t much else to add.
We were fully dressed and cuddling in the lounge while
watching the end of the movie we didn’t really catch the start or middle of
when Mom and Dad got home; and we went downstairs to have a quick visit with
them and wash up our snack bowls and glasses while we got the pub party
report. They had fun with their friends
– including with Miranda and Jacob when they joined the action after the Inn closed. Since
his parents had been out anyway, going home could have been an option for
Michael, but he’d decided earlier today to just stay overnight with us so we
could do Tai Chi and breakfast whenever we all decided to get up in the
morning. Mom and Dad were more tired
than we were, so we only heard about a couple of the best pub stories and they
got our update without the alone time recap before we all came up to our rooms
for the night.
Michael’s in the room below the lounge; and he might have
decided that specifically to give Mom and Dad some space. I’m not going to even think about what my
parents may be doing to wrap up their Valentine’s Day fun; though I’ll probably
have a few dreams about what it would be like to have Michael with me in my bed
all night instead of in another room and one floor away.
Once I was in bed with Mandy, I started doing my usual
nightly computer checks; but there weren’t any email from anyone in the family
tonight. I’m sure they all had better
things to do tonight than sit around writing e-letters to me; but there will
hopefully be some extended email updates in my inbox by Sunday night. I really hope that all of my favorite
collegians and cousins are having a very happy weekend with their favorite boys
or girls.
I’m not doing any work or studying, and I want to get some
sleep in case Ethan, Ehlana, Naomi, and Aiden decide to get up early, so that’s
it for tonight; and I hope you’re having as much fun as I’ve had – regardless
of what day of the year you’re reading this in the future.
Live long and prosper, fellow Magi of the Light!
