We woke up to the spectacle of wet snow falling this morning
and the temperature hovering just a hair above freezing. If Mother Nature does have a sense of humor,
there’s a sardonic edge to it; because some of us did not find the forty degree
plunge in temperature or the snow particularly amusing after such a beautiful
first day of our March Break.
The snow and rain pretty much stopped by mid-morning, and
the snow didn’t stick around long; but I wasn’t at all motivated to play outdoors
today – and didn’t.
We went to church; had a soup and sandwiches lunch; and then
I took care of Ethan and Ehlana this afternoon while Mom and Dad worked in the
office – both of them getting ready for the next few days in the city; though
for different reasons. In Mom’s case,
she was working ahead so that she won’t have much work to do while we’re there;
and Dad’s trying to do a bit more than usual so that he can do more with us
than usual on Monday and Tuesday night.
Michael, Rowen, and Tim came over during Michael’s afternoon
break, and we mostly played video games in the lounge for a couple of hours
until Michael and I needed to get to the Inn to help out with two packed dinner
buffet sittings. All of that was fun for
us, but I was ready to come home again once we’d finished all of the cooking
and everyone was in clean-up mode in the kitchen. Mom isn’t doing any Magi lessons with Ethan,
Ehlana, or me this week, but I still needed to pack for our trip and spent some
quality time in my Jacuzzi after Ethan and Ehlana were tucked in for the
night. I’m going to be sleeping before
eleven o’clock tonight, but we’ll trade that off for the early wake-up call to
see Dad on his way to the city – and have a mini birthday celebration for Mom
too while he’s still here.
That won’t be the first celebration of the day for her; but
let’s not go there and pretend that I don’t know how my parents will be
celebrating Mom’s birthday in the not-to-distant future. As always, if you’re using your imagination
about that some day in my future – don’t tell me about it!
So that’s pretty much it for today. There wasn’t much email action tonight –
other than some weekend updates and messages to let me know that weekend
travelers got home safely tonight. I had
one little family business issue to deal with tonight too; but that didn’t take
long and wasn’t anything serious. Now
it’s time to crash for a while, so...
...Live long and prosper, fellow Magi of the Light!
