In hindsight, maybe it was a good thing that I fell asleep
early last night; if only because that put me in much better shape than some of
the other teens and adults around here to deal with the ‘spring forward’ time
change today. I definitely wasn’t
thinking about it last night, but the extra rest came in very handy when it was
time for Tai Chi this morning at what felt like an hour earlier than usual
thanks to ‘losing’ that hour earlier this morning.
There’s no doubt that the most entertaining moments of our
morning came from hearing stories from our friends and neighbors about how time
literally got away from them this morning and messed up their usual routines
thanks to sleeping in or even forgetting about the time change. That probably even explained why a few
members of our congregation didn’t make it to church this morning; and
certainly had something to do with why others looked very tired, harried, or
both. Some legitimate problems were
understandable, and Aunt Leanne was dealing with one of those issues thanks to
the time change messing up Zack’s feeding schedule. Okay, it was the time that was an hour off,
not Zack; but the result was that he rather vocally let her know that he was
ready for his next meal at about the same time that Pastor John was getting his
sermon started.
While Daylight Savings Time was the top news story at church
this morning, it was the half-decent weather that had the biggest impact on our
afternoon activities. Dad had finished
most of his weekend homework last night, so he and Mom took the afternoon off
to play with Ethan, Ehlana, and me.
Rowen, Tim, and Michael joined us for parts of that; and we split up our
time between some park play, biking, and an afternoon snack break picnic by the
falls. My outdoor play time ended when
Michael and I headed for the Inn to help out with the buffet rush; but we
really only traded one type of entertainment for another as we had fun for a
few hours with his family and everyone else working in the kitchen.
The time change affected that a bit too – at least for the
first buffet sitting. We eventually
still had a full house, but it took a while before that happened; and then that
delayed the second sitting by a half-hour or more as the turnover got backed up
a bit. I worked with Michael and Rebecca
until pretty much all of the food was cooked for the night, and then headed
home early so that I could get my usual school night studies and work done
without staying up half the night.
Mom, Dad, and the twins had gone to dinner at Grandma and
Grandpa’s house – along with Uncle Adam, Aunt Leanne, and Zack – but they were
home by the time I got there. They were
all in the office, and Ethan and Ehlana were working on college assignments
while Mom and Dad were dealing with some family business and future plans
work. Mom took a break to do my Magi
lesson then; we followed that up with a little family business update from my
end of the business; and then I was set free to come up to my room while she
and Dad took care of getting the twins bathed and into bed for the night.
I needed some Jacuzzi time after our play afternoon and
working at the Inn, so I did that first; and
multi-tasked my archive homework while soaking in the tub. The rest of my studies and work didn’t include
any particularly interesting news; but the college teen and family email
tonight was often entertaining and included some important information.
While mid-term exams had the attention of all of my favorite
college teens this past weekend; they’re also getting excited about their
upcoming Spring Breaks – though not all of them have the same week off; and
only Violet, Dillon, Christina, and Josiah will be home in Witch Falls for part
of the week while we’re off from school too.
The news about that included the decision that both teen couples were
spending the first half of their week off ‘away’ with Violet’s and Christina’s
families respectively; and then they’ll be ‘home’ for the second half of the
week. Violet and Dillon are going to
bring Dawn and Jillian with them from Woodvale; so Rowen and I will need to
make some special plans to entertain my cousin and her best friend while
they’re here. That could definitely cut
into the boyfriend time for us, but for all I know; Dawn and Jillian will end
up attracting as much attention from the guys their age as Chris and Martin
have been doing with the girls here for the past few years.
Speaking of them, they aren’t coming to see us on March
Break because they’d rather stay home and hang out with their friends – and
girlfriends. I wonder if we’re getting
to the point yet where either of them will be bringing girlfriends ‘home’ to
meet the family yet? I know that it’s a
lot different having them ‘meet’ Michael last summer, and that really shouldn’t
be any different for me meeting my cousins’ girlfriends or boyfriends; but it’s
still going to seem strange to me anyway whenever that does start happening.
While our plans for March Break are coming together now, we
don’t actually have much going on for this week. I’ll have a busy week at school as we do
extra testing ahead of the holiday and some projects are due; but we don’t have
any special events or plans between now and when we’re set free from school for
a week on Friday. One thing I am going
to do differently, though, is take it easy on my late-night work and
studies. I’ve been pushing too hard; and
need to back off for a while. That’s not
only because I want to be ready to enjoy the holiday with my friends and family
– I can’t keep staying up and working until two or three o’clock so many nights
a week all of the time. I’m going to
actually need to do that often enough over the next decade or two anyway; so I
think it’s time to cut back a bit when I don’t absolutely need to be going
twenty or more hours a day.
As always, we’ll see whether those good intentions actually
work out for me, since something always seems to come up that interferes with
those work-less plans; but I’ll hope for the best. For tonight, at least, I will be sleeping
before midnight, and that’ll be two nights in a row; so that’s at least a good
start – even if my early down time yesterday was unintentional. It doesn’t feel that late now, but it’s also
going to feel very early when we need to get up in the morning even with the extra
sleep; so that’s all I have for tonight and I’m out of here.
Live long and prosper, fellow Magi of the Light!
