March Break is officially here! Yeah!
Yes, this is the archive journal of a Magi Master, but I’m
also thirteen; and love holidays from school as much as any other teen. This is also another ‘first’ for Michael and
me; so it should be another best-ever-so-far break too.
Since we are out of school for the next nine days, I’m also
going to skip to the best part of the day – everything that came after we were
set free from our last class of the afternoon.
Michael and I split up from Tim and Rowen long enough to
check in at the Inn, grab Michael’s bike on our way to my house; and we had my
bike out of the storage barn and ready to go by the time they caught up with
us. Ethan and Ehlana had been having
some bonus play time with Naomi and Aiden after their KidZone time, and though
I thought about taking them out to play too; Naomi and Aiden were both going to
be picked up before we’d expected to be back and Mom decided that the four
younger kids should stay behind. That’s
another case where I get conflicted between spending time with my brother and
sister and having fun with my friends; but we made up for that later with some
play time in the lounge that Ethan and Ehlana joined us for.
Having some teen time was great too, and since Dad already
knew by then that he was going to be a bit delayed at the office; we even had
some bonus time to hang our and ride before needing to be home for dinner. It was busy along the main drag, so we stayed
away from there and biked on the north side of the river. The main trail at the park was passable, but
the kid and teen-made bike trails that wound through the wooded areas were
mostly unrideable yet – though Tim did attempt a couple of them and didn’t get
far before deciding that being wet and muddy wasn’t worth the uncertain fun
potential.
I don’t mind getting dusty and dirty while riding our bikes,
but can also admit that I’m a fair-weather rider; and don’t want to ride – or
fall – in the mud.
We stopped at the park for a while to hang out with some of
our friends, but then we went for a ride north of town around one of the big
country blocks – including a ride past the lab and medical center. While we didn’t add to the busy around the
stores on Witch Falls Road,
we did cross to the south side of town long enough to check out any action
going on at the school. The answer to
that question ended up being ‘not much’.
I suspect that Tim was hoping for some football action there; but most
of the players on the football team were working; doing other things; or even
heading out to vacation destinations already.
There were a few younger kids at the playground, but other than
exchanging a few waves and smiles; we didn’t even stop in to visit or play with
them before moving on. Tim stopped in at
home to get changed even though he hadn’t really gotten all that muddy during
his brief trail-riding attempts. We had
time for a loop around the new section of town before heading home, and that’s
when we found out that Jenny’s boyfriend from last summer, Joel, was coming to
spend the week with his father. That
news just came through random chance when we happened to be passing by while
his Dad was about to hop into his truck and head out to get Joel after
finishing work for the day.
I don’t expect that Joel will have a change in living
arrangements, but I also expect that his father will be among the first of the
construction crew men and women to take advantage of the new apartment and home
rental opportunities that will be available once the apartment building opens
at the end of June. The only reason I
mention anything about Joel here is because he and Jenny still like each other
a lot, and I’m more than a little glad that I’ll be away for the first few days
next week just in case things get weird around here because of that – and the
fact that Jenny’s current boyfriend, Garth, will likely be spending a lot of
time working on the family farm and at the greenhouses next week. To be blunt, Jenny can get bored very quickly
when she has too much time on her hands.
Moving along, we were home in time for some pre-dinner chat
while waiting for the food to hit the table and the last of our dinner guests
to arrive; and the next couple of hours was a lot of fun as we talked about
everything and anything; and just enjoyed spending that time together. Since we didn’t cook, it was an all-teen
clean-up crew; and the parents and grandparents took Ethan, Ehlana, and Zack to
the park for a short blast of playground action before returning shortly after
we’d finished the work in the kitchen and dining room.
It was video gaming time in the lounge then, and Michael and
Tim happily helped Ehlana and Ethan work their way through three different
games before it was time to see the rest of our guests out and do the bedtime
story and snack with Mom and Dad. Rowen
and Tim sort of missed the first part of that while they spent some quality
time together in the lounge before joining us for the snack; and then they went
ahead of Michael and me to ‘set things up’ for the movie we watched after
Michael and I finished tucking Ethan and Ehlana in for the night.
I’m a little jealous; but then none of us would have gotten
any alone time then if Michael and I had stayed in the lounge and handed off
Ethan and Ehlana’s bedtime routine to Mom and Dad anyway.
So we’re up to the movie and cuddle time of the report, and
I’m sure it’s no surprise to anyone that those last couple of hours with our
boys ranked fairly high on the best moments of the day list for both Rowen and
me. That was not because we were swept
away by the cinematic excellence of an Oscar-winning masterpiece, but then we
are teens; and there is a place and time for no-think, blow stuff up, and fight
the bad guys to the bitter end flicks.
The boys did get to choose, and usually do because that’s easier than
listening to Tim complain all the way through a chick flick; but Rowen and I
are developing an appreciation for those movies – particularly since nearly
every one requires that one or more of the lead guys have to take their shirts
off to show off their upper bodies.
If you’re a guy reading this, don’t go there; since every
girl knows that you watch those movies as much for the often scantily-clad
women as you do for the fights, car chases, and explosions. Oh, and while I’m there anyway – note to
every guy out there: if you’re watching any movie with hot chicks in skimpy
clothes scenes, don’t forget that you have a real girl in your arms while
drooling over the Hollywood dream.
Doghouses are particularly cold in the wintertime too! ;^)
So we watched a half-decent action-martial arts film;
chatted; and enjoyed the cuddle time for a couple of hours. Mom and Dad had already gone to bed by the
time the movie was over; but the guys still needed to be home by a holiday week
extended curfew time of twelve-thirty.
We split up for the last bit of time we had left for the goodnight hugs
and kisses, and Rowen and Tim stayed in the lounge for that while Michael and I
used the living room. One of us ended up
with buttons done up wrong on our shirt, and it wasn’t a girl – or
Michael. That might explain why one of
us seemed to be grinning more than the others; but then Tim is generally a
fairly happy guy.
He needed to run for home by the time he and Michael left us
on the front porch; and we stood out there until Tim was out of sight and
Michael was ready to go into his own house.
I was seriously wishing that we’d gotten approval for a co-ed sleepover
about then; but I didn’t want to push my luck this week – and I do get to spend
three days and two nights in Crystal
Springs with
Michael. Yes, we’ll be in separate rooms
and have toddler roommates for mini chaperones; but we’re still going to have
an amazing few days together!
Rowen and I had a bit of cleaning to deal with before we
went up to my room again, but it wasn’t long after that before we were changed
and in bed with Mandy and our computers.
While I’ve been doing my usual bedtime computing, Rowen has been surfing
YouTube for wacky videos and we’ve mostly been talking about our boyfriends and
our plans for the weekend and next week.
It may end up that we don’t do a lot together this weekend, and can’t do
anything while I’m in the city; but we had fun coming up with ideas for what
she and Tim could do while Michael and I are away; and added a few more
tentative plans for entertaining Dawn and Jillian while they’re here from
Wednesday afternoon until Sunday morning.
It’s funny that my only late night this week won’t be
because of the work I’m trying to re-organize and prioritize so that I’m not
awake until two or three every night, but all of the fun is worth losing a bit
of sleep over; and I am rested up and ready to play this week anyway. That doesn’t mean that I don’t need any
sleep, though; so we’re going to put our computers away now; cuddle in bed with
Mandy; and probably still talk for another half-hour or so before we fall
asleep. March Break doesn’t get us out
of our usual Saturday morning work, but we’ll still have some afternoon play
time; and then we’re both hoping to have some Saturday night alone time with
our respective boyfriends.
I do not plan on falling asleep on Michael again this week;
so I really have to go now.
Live long and prosper, fellow Magi of the Light!
