Happy 13th Birthday, Kris! Happy 18th Birthday, Christina!
I’ll guess that Christina is having the happier day; but
that’s because she’s just found out that her boyfriend is a Magi; and probably
knows about Stephanie, Violet, and Dillon by now too. She’ll probably do the visit with Mom
whenever she and Josiah are home next; though I’m not sure whether they’re
coming home for their Spring Break yet.
The birthday party action was the fun part of the day for
pretty much everyone there; and it was my first time out to his family’s
farm. We’ve had another decent weather
day – at least until the rain started a while ago, - and had a good day at
school; but there wasn’t anything newsworthy to write about until after
school. Michael, Tim, Rowen, and I split
up to go home and get ready for the party, but then we met up again at Landry’s
Auto to get a ride out to Kris’ farm with Tim’s mother.
Kris and his family are members of the Robinson clan, so in
addition to inviting his friends; he had quite a few relatives at the party
too. That included his teacher aunt and
uncle, Mary and Trevor Robinson and their kids, so I liked getting to spend
some non-school time with our music teacher; but Tim was really fired up when
he got to talk football with Coach Robinson and a bunch of the other guys.
While I’m thinking about that, and just because I can do it;
here’s some news that Coach Robinson doesn’t know about in our now – he’s going
to be very surprised next season. He’s a
favorite teacher with the guys, and is always upbeat and enthusiastic with his
players; but it’s also obvious to me that he doesn’t expect his team to be very
competitive now that Kyle’s graduating and heading off to college. That is going to leave a very large hole in
our team’s defense that he’s right to think won’t get filled anytime soon, but
I don’t think he realizes how much Tim feels the need to prove himself on the
field; and that heart and desire is going to make a big difference.
Moving along, since the weather was still cooperating at the
time, we had a barbeque dinner; though we ate indoors – the kids and teens in
the basement family and play room; and the adults in the big, farmhouse kitchen
that even had room to feed the troops during harvest time. Michael and I ended up sitting with Sally and
Joshua during dinner; and out of the way of most of the teen action that
revolved around Kris; his girlfriend, Denise; and their best friends. Kris’ older brother and sister, Gerry and
Daphne, were both popular too. They were
mostly hanging out with us to help with younger cousin control; but Daphne
didn’t mind getting drawn into the girl chat; and Gerry played video games or
foosball with both the other teens and the younger kids.
This party was a bit different having groups upstairs and
down; though I’m sure the parents felt a little more sane by the end of the
night being away from the noise for most of the evening. Having the birthday cake and doing the gifts
downstairs felt a bit strange too; but that was easier for Kris’ parents
too. One thing that was interesting for
me was actually seeing Kris’ classic video game collection instead of just
hearing about it. He got razzed a bit from
some of the guys, but some of his old gaming systems had belonged to his father;
it’s something they can play at together; and Kris doesn’t really care what
anyone else thinks about his little hobby.
He also really appreciated the two games that Michael, Tim, Rowen, and I
tracked down for him on the internet to give to him – even though the actual
games aren’t as cool as the new games he was given for his X-Box One system.
Being a school night, we also didn’t have a late party
either; and our pick-up time tonight was at nine o’clock. Patricia came to get us because Owen was still
working in the data center; and my Mom was getting a break so she didn’t have
to haul the twins around to come and get us.
Rowen’s Mom dropped Tim off at his house, and Michael and me at his
before taking Rowen with her and going back to the computer store. Michael only stopped in long enough to get
his computer bag, and then he came home with me so we could do our homework.
We ended up doing the bedtime story with Ethan and Ehlana
first, along with a party recap; and then we did our homework at the table in
the office and talked to Mom while she worked on the family business after we’d
tucked the twins in for the night. Since
we had Michael with us again, Mom also did another Magi lesson with both of us;
so it was going on eleven when Michael was ready to head home for the night.
Mom and I both came up to our rooms after I saw him out, and
I was in bed by shortly after eleven.
I’ve only done the basic nightly computing, and am skipping the studying
and family business work tonight in favor of the extra down time so I can catch
up on my sleep. There wasn’t anything
particularly interesting in my email, and always too much going on in the news
around the world to cover here; so that’s all I have for today.
Live long and prosper, fellow Magi of the Light!
