It still feels strange doing back-to-back reports tonight,
and though the fun level was down quite a bit compared to yesterday; I still
had a really great day – and a couple of delayed birthday gifts too.
Morning came way too early, but Tai Chi was really fun with
just Mom, Dad, Michael, and me; and giving Michael his wake-up call in his room
was very entertaining too.
Not too entertaining, Dad – I promise!
With eight teens sharing three bathrooms this morning we
were fairly busy juggling that with cooking, eating breakfast, and cleaning up
afterward. Ethan and Ehlana needed to be
picked up before church too, so Michael and I got a ride to church with his
parents and sister; Rowen and Tim went with her parents, brother, and Scott;
and Dad was able to give Sally, Joshua, Gretchen, and Elliott a ride while Mom
took the van to get the twins from the Seagers and Drapers.
Our snowboarding trip was the top story with our friends at
church; though there weren’t really very many other teens wishing they’d been
along for the fun. I suppose that would
be different if we lived closer to a ski hill, but it was a perfect choice for
me; and I’m glad we got to go to Blue Ridge a
second time this year. I don’t think
there was any particular reason for one of those extra-long services today
other than Pastor John was on a roll; but the late release from Sunday school
meant that Michael needed to hurry to the Inn with his parents and everyone
else who was working the lunch rush; so I was with Rowen and Tim for a while
during the post-service meet and greet.
Ethan, Ehlana, and I were on our own with Mom and Dad when
we went home, and after having lunch; the three of us spent the rest of the
afternoon together while Mom and Dad caught up on work in the office and around
the house. I helped out with some of the
clean-up and laundry too; but mostly split my time between playing with Ethan
and Ehlana and doing my homework with Michael when he joined us during his
afternoon break.
I went to the Inn with him
after that to help out with the buffets; and stayed until the second wave of
food went out for the last buffet.
Miranda, Jacob, and Rebecca had a pair of gifts for me then too, and a
trio of birthday cupcakes for Michael, Rebecca, and me during our short dinner
break; and my minor birthday roasting helped to entertain everyone in the
kitchen tonight. While Michael and
Rebecca stayed when I was ready to leave; I really needed to get an early start
on my usual Sunday night studies and work – starting with my Magi lesson with
Mom.
She did that with me before we did the bath and bedtime
routine with Ethan and Ehlana because they were doing some studying for their
college courses and wanted to work a bit longer than usual before calling it a
night. While coming home early helped
with that; it still meant that it was going on eleven o’clock by the time I
came up to my room and got started on my own bedtime studies and work. I put a two o’clock time limit on that, and
managed to get everything on my list done by then except for one minor family
business job that can wait until tomorrow night.
There isn’t anything of particular interest to report from
the studies or work; and even my weekly college updates didn’t have any major
news – though I’m sure that’ll be different next weekend! There’s only one big item on the week ahead
list, and that’s Valentine’s Day. Love
will be in the air every day at school for the next five days; and even the
work should be more fun in the lead-up to the big events on Friday. Michael and I need to put some extra time
into our music to get ready for the Seniors’ party and dance on Friday
afternoon; but other than that, we don’t have much else on the go.
That’s probably a good thing for tomorrow because I’ll be
running on only a bit more than a handful of hours of sleep time in two days
now. I’ll use a little Magi-powered
self-healing if needed in the morning, but I’m still fairly fired up from all
of the fun this weekend; so that shouldn’t be a problem this time.
I am ready to get what sleep I can now, though, so until
next time...
...Live long and prosper, fellow Magi of the Light!
