We were finally able to take our Tai Chi
outside this morning; and I’ve really missed being able to exercise out by the
river. After months of indoor practice,
Michael, Ethan, and Ehlana were also happy that they could take their ‘public’
Tai Chi to the next level. I’m sure that
everyone watching us this morning from neighboring houses were impressed;
though they’re all still holding back now too – particularly Ethan and
Ehlana. Having not-quite-three-year old
kids knowing how to do the most advanced Tai Chi would get way too much
attention – even though they could do the long forms with Mom and Dad if not
for that little problem. For now,
Michael and I do our forms with them; and Mom and Dad do their own thing
instead.
That was the highlight of my morning, and
it also helped to fire me up quite a bit too.
Having Rowen over was enough of an excuse for us to score a pancakes and
bacon breakfast, and we followed that up with some hair and dress-up play time;
so it was about as good a start to a school day as any girl can hope for.
Let’s not forget good morning hugs and
kisses with Michael either; but then they manage to put a smile on my face
every day!
Compared to the start of our day, our
school time wasn’t all that exciting. We
had another couple of tests; there was more football at lunch time; and it was
a fairly quiet afternoon. Every kid and
teen is getting excited about the weekend, and while some of us have a birthday
adventure in Crystal Springs to look forward to; that’s mostly just because we’re
supposed to have near-summer temperatures for the next couple of days. I have mixed feelings about that because we’ll
be away on Saturday instead of biking or canoeing; but then Michael would have
been working anyway if we weren’t going away so I’ll take the play time with
him and be happy about it.
We had some play time tonight that was fun –
even when we were studying or helping out during the dinner rush. There isn’t much to write about form any of
that, but since there won’t be a game night next week because of Easter;
Miranda had themed games and prizes tonight for everyone to enjoy. While I was as entertained as anyone by the
often-silly games; I think that my favorite part of the evening was seeing the
younger kids getting to win prizes – and the junior championship; earning more
points than most of the teens and even some of the adults.
I’m sure there’s a similar explanation for why
Grandpa Grant and Grandma Eleanor won the senior championship. On the flip side, we also won’t analyze why
some of the smartest people in town didn’t do so well with games like pin the
tail on the bunny. The worst example of
that might be that Aunt Leanne cheated; and still ended up putting the
cottontail on Uncle Adam’s butt instead of the bunny’s.
Good thing we weren’t playing darts
tonight! ;^)
Michael and I won a few prizes tonight, and
then fed the treats to Ethan and Ehlana.
Having twin Magi Masters hyped up on sweets just ahead of bedtime might
not have been the best idea from Mom and Dad’s perspective; but they still went
to bed on time tonight – even if they each stayed awake and played on their
iPads for a couple of hours after being tucked in for the night.
I stayed at the Inn to help with the gaming
clean-up and set-up for breakfast; but then I was home in time to help Mom with
getting Ethan and Ehlana bathed and into bed.
We did an hour-long Magi lesson after that while Dad did some work in
the office; so it was heading toward eleven-thirty by the time I came up to my
room and got ready for bed. With the
weekend ahead, I had studying and work that needed to get done tonight; and
that took a bit more than three hours to get finished. The good news is that I’ll be able to take
most of the weekend off now except for anything that comes up for the family
business that can’t wait until next week; so I guess that’s worth being this
tired – and the lost sleep tonight.
With that in mind, I’m ready to have that
few hours of nap time now; so that’s all I have for tonight. Until next time…
…Live long and prosper, fellow Magi of the
Light!
