We’re going to be up extra early tomorrow morning so that we
can get over to Uncle Adam and Aunt Leanne’s house in time to help with making
his special birthday breakfast; so this is going to be one of those short
updates.
To that end, I’m going to skip over the non-news from this
morning and my school day; since there really wasn’t much going on other than
the normal school day action. You could
say that about our after school study time at the Inn
too; though having Olde Bakery snacks should never be considered ‘ordinary’;
and Miranda always has Olde Bakery treats for us on Thursdays. Working in the kitchen was fairly quiet again
tonight; but there won’t be many more nights like that now that we’re just
about a week away from the start of March Break. Business will pick up nearly everywhere in
town as we move into spring; and it will be a little busier every year now as
our future plans come together.
Rebecca and I had fun hanging out together tonight; and I
spent more time with her than Michael while we were in the kitchen because he
was helping out more with the dishes than the prep work. We mostly talked about the latest teen news
and plans for the coming weekend and March Break; but what we talked about
wasn’t as important to me as the friendship time. The social gulf between Grade Eight and Nine
still intrudes regularly when we’re at school, and spending time together
doesn’t seem to work out for us except when I’m hanging out with Michael at the
Inn or their house; so those moments are something that I’m very grateful for.
While it was a quiet dinner sitting tonight, we had a pretty
good turn-out for game night – possibly because some people will be too busy
getting ready for March Break plans to come to game night. Michael and I had Ethan and Ehlana with us
for most of the evening; so the four of us had a lot of fun – and didn’t do
very well in the competition. Michael
and I get compared to his parents when we don’t do very well at game night, and
I guess it might look like we’re a lot the same because Michael’s personality
is so much like his father’s; but he is as competitive as I am – even if he
doesn’t show it the same way that Miranda or I do. One thing that we do both seem to have in
common with his father, though, is that we can also appreciate the value of
winning from the perspective of having the most fun. I’d still rather win the competition too; but
I’ve never been disappointed when we haven’t either.
Maybe I should try applying that philosophy to my baseball
games next season; but I probably won’t be able to do that.
That’s gone off-track a bit, and I’m not exactly making this
a short update; so let’s move this along.
I stayed after the gaming was over to help with the clean-up
and breakfast set-up; and then I walked home with Michael and his family. Warmer weather today is relative to the
recent deep freeze, but that doesn’t mean it was warm out tonight; and our
goodnight hugs and kisses were fairly short before I continued on to my house
and Michael went followed his parents and sister into their place. Mom and Dad had the twins ready for their
bedtime story and snack by the time I got home; so we did that together before
getting Ethan and Ehlana tucked in for the night and moving on to my Magi
lesson.
Mom kept that fairly short; I combined the bit of work and
nightly computing with a bit of Jacuzzi time; and only had this and my email to
take care of after getting into bed with Mandy.
I’ve skipped most of my studying, and only took care of a couple of
little jobs for the family business that I didn’t want to leave undone; but
getting the extra sleep is more important tonight. There won’t be much ‘extra’ rest if I don’t
get to it soon, though, so until next time...
...Live long and prosper, fellow Magi of the Light!
