I’m so used to Michael’s life revolving
around the Inn it’s sometimes easy to forget that he has a fairly large
extended family – particularly on the Bassett side; and they actually manage to
do things together occasionally.
That isn’t always easy for them to do –
particularly when they need to juggle running the Inn, the grocery store, and
the gas station – along with the jobs and activities everyone else in the
family has on the go. I also don’t
really think about the times that I do things with my family that Michael can’t
do with me for whatever the different reasons; but I certainly noticed not
being together tonight while he was busy – particularly when it’s one of the
nights where we occasionally get to have some alone time together. The fact that we don’t always actually get to
do that didn’t get in the way of my imagining what might have been while I
worked in the office tonight.
Let’s get on with the rest of the report
for today before I start thinking about that too much and get distracted again. That happened too often already tonight.
It was a fairly quiet day at school. We wrote a couple of tests and worked on a
group project that’s due next week. For
our class, the trip to Washington was still big news; but Gil’s birthday party
in Crystal Springs on Saturday was a close second. Gil had a limit for how many friends he could
invite, so I was a bit surprised to be on the guest list this year; but that
probably had more to do with him wanting Michael and Tim there for both Rowen
and me. Who is in and out for events
like this does cause some minor stress – and a bit of jealousy – but in Gil’s
case; he doesn’t actually care about that much.
Even though he’s one of the oldest in our class, his girlfriend, Alicia,
is in Grade Seven; and he’s as comfortable hanging out with her friends as with
any of us.
There is the potential for some teen weird
for Michael and me that’ll go with spending the day with Gil and the other
teens – Roger is his best friend, and now that he’s dating Lisa; they’ll be
with us for Gil’s party too. It isn’t as
though we haven’t been around each other for dances and every day at school,
but that isn’t the same as spending the entire day together in a fairly small
group. Lisa and I haven’t exactly gone
out of our way to be buddies either, so it could be interesting. I like Lisa just fine, and we got along
well-enough before I got in the way of her future plans with Michael; but she
may need more time before giving me another chance at friendship – even though
she’s been dating Roger for going on six months now.
Michael and I will deal with that on
Saturday, but whatever happens with that; we do still get to spend the entire
day together and that definitely works for both of us!
The only other action worth mentioning from
school is band practice. We practiced
the music that some of the older teens are going to be playing at church over
the Easter weekend, and though it’s very unlikely that we’ll be needed;
Michael, Rowen, and I are all back-ups should anyone get sick or be unable to
play at the Good Friday and Easter Sunday services. Those teens are practicing with the teen
praise team and the other teens too; but they’re getting the teaching support
during our band practices because their little ensemble won’t have a conductor
for any of those services.
The slightly cooler weather today didn’t
keep Tim from playing more football after school today while waiting for us to
finish band practice; so he was a happy camper when we met up and moved on to
the computer store for a short study session before Michael needed to get home
and his family fun plans. Since we didn’t
have much time to work, we mostly worked on our group projects and left our
individual assignments to do on our own later.
That worked out okay for me, since I was able to do the rest of that
work in Magi mode and it only took a few minutes to finish.
I did most of my work tonight with a little
Magi power assistance; so I got a lot of work and studying done between
dinnertime and when I came up to bed for the night. Mom skipped my Magi lesson tonight because I
was doing a fair bit of Magi multi-tasking anyway that was as good as a lesson;
so I was able to work straight through until bedtime. I didn’t even do the bedtime story and snack
with Ethan and Ehlana.
Some Jacuzzi time was in order, though; and
I did my nightly computer checks and email while I was in the tub. This journal update was all I had left to do
by the time I climbed into bed with Mandy a few minutes ago, and even with everything
I got done tonight and the Jacuzzi time; I’ll still be sleeping before
midnight. This hasn’t been as much fun
tonight as my usual Tuesday night action, but getting the work done was good;
and Rowen and I will have fun tomorrow night instead – even if we also end up
staying up too late on a school night with our sleepover.
That reminds me that I’ll need to allow
some extra time in the morning to go over to her house and give Patrick his
birthday gift before school so that I don’t do that after school when his
buddies are all there. Michael won’t be
there too, and even though we’re giving Patrick a joint gift; he won’t be able
to do that with me after school either, so it isn’t a big deal.
I do need to wrap this up and get off to
sleep now, though, so that’s all I have for tonight. Until next time…
…Live long and prosper, fellow Magi of the
Light!
