We’re down to five more sleeps until we
leave for our big trip on Sunday; and everyone in our class is getting very
excited. Some of our lessons continue to
be geared toward preparing us for the trip, and Uncle Nick – Mr. Ayres – is also
setting us up with assignments that we’ll need to complete as we do the
different activities next week; so it won’t be all fun and games.
Okay, it’ll mostly be fun and games; but
that’s okay with us!
With the trip to look forward to, and a
nice, warm sunny day to enjoy; we had a fair bit of fun today too. It was a bit on the chilly side for Tai Chi
this morning, but it started warming up soon enough; and nearly everyone at
school was outdoors for lunchtime today.
That meant more football for the boys; so Rowen and I split our time
between watching them play and going for a walk that included some cameo play
time with Jessica Bassett and some of her friends; a visit with Emma Norton;
and some skipping with a few girls in Grade One where we turned the rope while
they skipped.
The nice weather was all the excuse we
needed for Michael, Tim, Rowen, and I to decide that skipping our after-school
study session in favor of some play time and biking was the better option;
though we didn’t get to that until after band practice. With Easter past us now, it was time to start
working on the music the band will be playing in the Memorial Day and Fourth of
July parades this year; so that was fun too even though most of us wanted to be
outside instead. As for the parades,
Michael, Rowen, and I already know for sure that we’ll be in the Memorial Day
parade because some older teens will either be doing something else in the
parade or unavailable; but the group still needs to be worked out for the
Fourth of July because there are so many different things for teens to do in
that parade.
Tim played football while we were at band
practice, but he’d gone home first and already had his bike with him; so he was
able to come with us when we left the school and went with Rowen to her house to
drop off her school gear and get her bike while Michael and I did the same at
our houses – and collected Ethan and Ehlana to go with us for the ride and play
time at the park. That was all fun, but
there also wasn’t anything newsworthy to report from the ride, football action,
or playground time with the twins.
Michael came home with Ethan, Ehlana, and me for the evening; we had an
easy-dinner night that included an all-teen clean-up crew of two; and then,
except for the make-up study session for two, we followed that up with the
normal Tuesday night action. The group
Magi lesson, play time with the twins, and some alone time for Michael and me
after we tucked Ethan and Ehlana into their beds combined to make for one of
those really good nights; and I only wish that we could do all of that more
often than once a week.
While I’m thinking about that, Ethan really
loves me, and we always have fun at bedtime; but he especially loves getting to
have these little ‘guy time’ moments with Michael. I’m sure that my boyfriend is filling in as
Ethan’s older brother for the things that his big sister can’t do for him. Tim isn’t always happy when we spend a lot of
our free time with the twins, but Michael loves playing with Ethan and Ehlana
as much as I do; and he’s as good with them as I’m sure Jake was with him – and
Rebecca – when they were toddlers. I
wouldn’t dream of scaring Michael with this next thought anytime soon; but he’s
going to be an awesome father some day.
Don’t worry, Moms and Dads – that ‘some day’
is not anytime soon! ;^)
The alone time with Michael was entertaining,
and moderately hot; so I was a happy camper when I started in on my bedtime
studies and work. That was a good thing,
because my Sunday night wishes for extra sleep this week to get fully rested
and charged up for our trip to Washington really isn’t going to work out –
especially as new work for the family business comes in every day. It’s going to be another three o’clock
bedtime for me again tonight – past three this time – and I’m probably going to
need to do a little self-healing in the mornings if the trend continues all
week. Our after-school work day tomorrow
might help a bit; but we’ll see how that goes.
I won’t bore you with the details of
quarterly reports; investment proposals; or the various business plans that
range from seasonal sales to product development and marketing. Most of that work is still fun for me; but it’s
also very tiring to be on the go for more than twenty hours a day. Mom may not have had a life back when she
first found out about the extent of her inheritance when she was twenty-one;
but I don’t know how she handled the entire business by herself back then while
also finishing her PhD – or how she keeps up now sometimes while juggling
everything else she has on the go.
Yes, she has help, but Mom still manages
more than half of our family business on her own; and keeps an eye on
everything that the rest of us do; plus she still has her cover job – though that’ll
be family business work too while she’s building the lab systems for most of
the rest of this year.
I’m pretty much ready to wrap this up now,
but before I do that; it’s past-time for a college teen update. Now that Easter is over; all of my favorite
collegians are in full study mode to get ready for final exams and finish any
remaining major term projects. The
Easter holiday updates from Violet, Stephanie, and Christina were all lacking
enough information to account for three days of activities; so I’ll take a wild
guess that means they all had a very happy holiday! They still have about three and a half weeks
to go before they’ll be home for the summer; but I’ll take a wild guess that we’ll
be having more fun around here than they will be – especially for those of us
who will be spending one of those weeks on a major school trip. We’ll also have baseball starting the week
after we get home from Washington; Mother’s Day; some birthdays; and,
hopefully, some random fun opportunities to keep us busy the rest of the time.
My immediate idea of fun is some
unconscious time and maybe some happy dreams about Michael and me for the few
hours I have left before needing to be up again for Tai Chi; so that’s all I
have for now, and until next time…
…Live long and prosper, fellow Magi of the
Light!
