Congratulations, Aunt Deborah, Uncle Nick, and Leah!
Mom was first to find out that Aunt Deborah is pregnant
again; though Ethan, Ehlana, and I were all able to sense the baby when we saw
her at game night. It’ll be a week or so
before she’s far enough along for a positive test result; so she’ll need to
wait to make the happy announcement.
While having another cousin in the family will be awesome –
though that’s not technically true for my brother, sister, and I – the timing
is going to work out for our future plans too.
Aunt Deborah will be off work from the clinic during the winter and
spring; but will be back and able to help out in time to help get the new
medical center up and running for next summer.
That won’t be all that long after the lab opens in September; but Uncle
Mark and Uncle Adam will be able to deal with that and still give Uncle Adam
time to do his research at the lab with the same help Uncle Adam had during
Aunt Deborah’s last maternity leave.
Compared to that, the rest of the news for my day isn’t very
exciting; but we did have a good day.
The rebound back into the sixties and sunshine helped the mood around
town and at school; though having one more sleep until March Break had a lot to
do with that too. On the downside for
some kids and teens we had more tests to write today, and the rush was on for
some students to meet project and assignment deadlines; but none of that
bothered Michael, Rowen, or me. I’m not
including Tim in that assertion because he was stressed about the tests; but
then he was a happy camper to be done with them today; and tomorrow will mostly
be an easy day at school. We’ll get some
holiday assignments, hear at least some test results, and do some make-work;
but that’ll mostly just be play time, since there’s no point in starting new
study modules until we get back from March Break.
We didn’t need our after-school study session tonight, so
after stopping in for a snack break at the Inn, Michael, Tim, Rowen, and I
collected our bikes and went for a ride before hanging out at the park for a
while until Michael and I needed to be at the Inn again. The rest of the evening was entertaining;
though the first few hours were busy too.
There were a lot of people grabbing dinner at the Inn for various
reasons that ranged from saving time after shopping to family meals ahead of
March Break vacation plans. That
contrasted with game night, where we had fewer players than usual for the same
reasons – people were either busy packing for trips or getting ready for
inbound guests over the next couple of days.
Miranda was hoping to win the senior title for bragging
rights over the next two weeks; and her girls against the boys night helped her
get that – with a little help from Mom.
Rowen and Tim skipped game night this week too, and though they spent
some time together later; that was mostly because Rowen helped her parents with
some work at the store to get ready for their March Break sale that starts
tomorrow. That’s how I ended up with
Rebecca as my game night partner, and while Michael didn’t do very well without
Tim on his team; Rebecca and I won the junior championship to give the Stone
and Proctor families bragging rights for both titles.
That was a nice added bonus, but it was the fun time with
Rebecca, Ehlana, and Sophia that we all really enjoyed the most. Ethan spent most of the evening with Michael,
or with Dad and Jacob; and they managed to have fun too despite the lack of
gaming success. The low turnout allowed
us to get through the game rotation fairly quickly; and Michael was set free
early so he could walk home with me instead of staying to help clean up and get
the dining room ready for the morning breakfast crowd. That didn’t translate into any alone time
because we did the bedtime story with the twins and tucked them in for the
night before he went home. That was fun
too, and we didn’t really mind – or even expect to have any alone time anyway;
but I’m wishing that we could have hidden in the lounge for a little cuddle
time instead.
I don’t have anything else worth mentioning for the rest of
my evening. It was just the standard
Thursday night Magi lesson; studying; and family business work – except shorter
by two or three hours. I again needed to
use a bit of Magi power to get the bare minimum finished, and the language
‘study’ time was actually a work-related email exchange that surprised my
contact and had the bonus of a little real-life written language practice.
My midnight deadline is here, though, and that means I won’t
actually be sleeping by then; but a few minutes one way or the other isn’t a
big deal – and I’ll be fired up anyway now that we’re down to counting hours to
the start of our holiday. We’re going to
have another best-ever vacation; and I am so ready for all of that fun and
excitement! With that in mind, I’m going
to get started on that ‘one more sleep’ time now, so...
...Live long and prosper, fellow Magi of the Light!
