The early morning wake-up call to see Dad off on his way to
Crystal Springs is a lot easier when I haven’t stayed up working until two or
three o’clock. Ethan, Ehlana, and I had
fun spending that time with our parents; and enjoyed the cuddle time with Mom
in her bed after Dad left.
Tai Chi with Michael was good too, and then we were pretty
much back to our normal morning routine after Michael left to get ready for his
morning weight training at school. Rowen
collected me on her way to school today; and we ended up walking most of the
way there with Rebecca.
With Valentine’s Day now over, we got back to our regular
school work. The gossip around school
included the weekend post-mortem; but we were collectively moving on too. I haven’t mentioned the Winter Olympics yet
in my journal; mostly because I haven’t really been following them other than
during my usual nightly computer checks.
They weren’t getting much attention around school last week either, but
have caught the attention of some of the kids and teens over the weekend. Some of our friends think it’s a bit strange that
I don’t even want to watch the snowboarding and skiing events since I love
snowboarding so much; but I was much happier to be snowboarding for my birthday
rather than watching it on television.
If I want to learn new tricks; I can watch clips on YouTube – I just
can’t get all that excited about competitions that have become more about money
and politics as athletic talent and sportsmanship.
I don’t want to write a long diatribe about professional
sports or international competitions like the Olympics; so let’s just say that
I think the money could go to better uses; and leave it at that.
Back to normal at school meant having a fairly quiet day
even with the extra bits of gossip going around on the grapevine. Michael, Rowen, Tim, and I had a pretty good
day; and that continued when we ended up going to Michael’s house for our
after-school study session. We did that
because Mom, Ethan, and Ehlana were getting ready to go there when we got to my
house; expecting to be working there as usual.
Rebecca studied with us in the dining room; and we had time for some
video gaming action in the living room before Rowen and Tim needed to leave –
though Michael, Tim, and the twins did most of the playing while Rebecca,
Rowen, and I watched and talked with them.
Jacob was experimenting with a new chicken entree tonight;
and though he still isn’t satisfied with how it turned out; his captive
audience and taste-testers thought it was delicious. The dinner conversation was good too –
whether we were talking business and changes that’ll happen around town because
of the new lab as we get closer to it opening in September or having Ethan and
Ehlana tell us about the latest fun in their lives at KidZone, home, and with
their friends. They mentioned Michael’s
cousin, Sophia; and that they don’t get to see her as often because she doesn’t
go to KidZone very often; and I got the feeling that Miranda may invite her
youngest Bassett niece along the next time we do a joint family meal or
event. I’m sure that all three kids will
love that if she does.
As usual, Michael, Rebecca, and I were on the clean-up crew,
but we had two junior supervisors to keep us entertained; and then Michael and
I had Ethan with us for my guitar lesson while Ehlana got to have some girl
time with Rebecca. We all had some play
time with our parents after that; and we ended up staying until nearly
nine-thirty before heading home. That
meant no alone time for Michael and me, and an uninspiring goodnight hug and
kiss; but I’ve been too busy since then to think about what Michael and I
didn’t get to do tonight – and we had fun with our families anyway.
Mom and I did the bath and bed routine with the twins; did
my Magi lesson once they were tucked in; and I’ve been doing my usual bedtime
studying and work since climbing into bed with Mandy at eleven-thirty. All of that work has kept me busy, and I’ve
worked a bit longer than I’d planned; but I’m getting ahead on the study plan
for this week. That’s made for a quick
return to late nights; but I’m doing okay tonight and want to do more tomorrow
night too so I can take Wednesday night off when we’ll already have a busy day
with Kris’ party after school that’ll keep me from my usual work night.
I do need to get at least some sleep, though, and don’t have
any other news for today; so I’m going to wrap this up now and call it a
night. Until next time...
...Live long and prosper, fellow Magi of the Light!
