The rain did come today as forecast, but
held off until after we were at school this morning; took a break that allowed
us to have our baseball practice; and didn’t get heavier until later this
evening. I didn’t entirely escape
getting rained on, but Michael and I didn’t mind getting a little damp on the
way home from the park – or the play time while he helped me to get changed
while we waited for Mom, Dad, and the twins to get home from the Inn.
When I was commenting on missing out on
game night in my last journal report, I hadn’t been thinking about the
potential for alone time with Michael instead – mostly because I was expecting
that we’d just head back to the Inn for post-baseball snacks and drinks. I guess we’ll have to thank the rain – and Tim. He was definitely thinking about parent and
brother-free time with Rowen; while getting rained on gave us a reason to skip
a stop at the Inn – strictly to avoid getting teased about Michael, me, and
rain! ;^)
After chatting with Rowen on our computers
a while ago, I can report that there are now four teens who have discovered
that you don’t have to be at the Inn to have fun on game night. Since Michael’s parents host the event, I
doubt that we can come up with weekly excuses not to be there; but I also won’t
be at all surprised if Rowen and Tim start missing more game nights than they
attend from now on – at least for as long as they can get away with it.
We did get enough rain during the day that
we didn’t want to be out on the main part of the ball diamond tonight; so we
just practiced out on the grass instead.
While we don’t have super sports star Carolyn Landry on our team this
year, I think that we do have a good mix of players. Rowen and I are catching up on height with
most of the girls in Rebecca and Jenny’s class – and have passed a few of them
already. That makes it easier for us to
compete than it is for Michael and Tim; though we are two of the better athletes
anyway. While we had a pretty good first
practice with Coach Claire and our friends; baseball wasn’t really the main
action at the park tonight.
I’m sure it’s obvious that Michael and Tim
opted to come to the park with us instead of going to game night; and they were
the only guys there. Who could’ve
guessed that girl-watching might be popular with teenage boys? Most of them would deny it, but all of the
usual games they play were going on – and particularly obvious with the younger
guys who were trying to impress Emma Norton and the other twelve-year old
girls. Emma’s still in Grade Six, so
that’s probably a bit scary for her mother, but if Emma is interested in any
particular boy right now; she wasn’t giving any hint of that tonight – or he
wasn’t there.
The most interesting part of the evening
for me was having Emma’s older brother, Lucas, there with them. He hung out with Michael, Tim, and a few of
the older guys, and while he was being very careful about it; I had no problem
seeing which girl he was most-interested in watching tonight. There are some advantages to photographic
memories and superior math skills. A few
surreptitious glances might actually be innocent – eighty-one of them in about
an hour is a pattern. Add in the fact
that Lucas, Michael, and Tim tossed a football around for nearly half of that
time; and it’s a wonder Lucas didn’t miss a few catches – even though he
managed to position himself with Michael and Tim between him and the target of
his interest.
Now, should I mention names or save that
news for a while – even though you’ll be reading this in the future when the
information won’t be a surprise? Let’s
save it for now; since I have a feeling this particular story is going to develop
fairly quickly now. Lucas is quiet, shy,
and a lot like Michael, but he’s also getting some attention from the girls now
that he’s hit his growth spurt – and particularly now that he hasn’t been
bundled up in cold or cool-weather clothes.
He still hides a lot underneath baggy shirts and pants or long shorts;
so I suspect that those girls are going to be particularly surprised this
summer at how much he’s changed in a year.
No, I don’t have any inside information
there – that conclusion is again due to my memory and math; and I can tell you
that all of the farm work and weight training with Michael, Tim, and the other
guys is really paying off for Lucas!
While I’m going to keep some of what I know to myself for now, I will
predict here that when Lucas does find his single social status changing; there
are going to be a few girls kicking themselves for overlooking him – literally –
for the past few years.
Our practice ended when it started raining
again; and Michael and I walked home with Rebecca, Jenny, Rowen, and Tim. I’ve already covered the Michael and me time
after that, and you don’t need the details; so let’s take up the story from
when Mom and Dad got home from the Inn with the twins. We did a group Magi lesson with Michael, and
then he needed to get home while Mom and I did bath time with Ethan and Ehlana
and Dad started working in the office.
We did the snack and story time after the bath with Dad; I took care of
tucking my brother and sister in for the night; and then I hit the Jacuzzi for
a nice long soak while multi-tasking my language studies. Rowen and I did our little chat then too;
though she was probably sleeping before I got out of the tub and finished
getting ready for bed. I started on my
family business work after getting into bed with Mandy; and have been doing
that for a couple of hours now.
That was mostly a continuation of the work I
did after school – and after we finished our study session at the Inn. I had to miss out on helping out there during
the dinner rush to do my own work instead; but I would have been up most of the
night if I’d played at the Inn instead – and I didn’t want to leave that work
for this weekend. Dad and I already have
enough on the go because Mom is getting the weekend off from work as part of
her Mother’s Day fun and entertainment.
Mom’s weekend off starts on Friday
afternoon sometime, and most of the other Moms in our family are going to be
enjoying the same opportunity; so it’s time for me to move on to nap time so
that I’ll be ready for that – and spending time with my family and friends at
our dinner and a movie night. I’ve
skipped over a lot of the action today, including Tai Chi and breakfast with
bonus fun from Naomi and Aiden, and we had a pretty good day at school too
despite the rain; but I’m tired out and have had enough fun for today without
making it any longer than it already has been.
The rain has temporarily moved the
summer-like weather out of the area for a day or two; but we’re still supposed
to have a nice, spring-weather weekend; so we should manage to have some
outdoor fun – even for those of us who won’t have the weekend off from work.
I’ll keep you posted on how that goes, but
that’s it for tonight; so until next time…
…Live long and prosper, fellow Magi of the
Light!
