Michael’s second ‘day off’ of the week
started out great with Tai Chi by the river for two and breakfast with his
parents, Jake, and Rebecca before we packed up our tents and decided to go
biking for the day. We packed a picnic
lunch too that included donations from all of us; and then we hopped on our
bikes and headed out of town.
Quarry Lake wasn’t the immediate
destination, but we did decide to make that our goal before we were half-way
there. That had a lot to do with how
warm it was; and being in close proximity to water was a definite bonus during
our picnic and play time. The boys were
good with the girlfriends in swimsuits time too; which might have also had a
lot to do with why they were okay with the four of us not getting together tonight
after Michael and I were finished with our praise team practice after dinner.
I’ll find out from Rowen whether she and
Tim had more fun than Michael and I did; but we didn’t have any major play time
tonight – even though we did get to have a bit of alone time after Ethan and
Ehlana went to bed.
Let’s see – there really isn’t that much
else to cover. We had a lot of fun at
Quarry Lake, but nothing particularly newsworthy happened there. We spent a couple of hours on a long way back
for our ride home; went for a long swim in the river with Ethan and Ehlana
after getting back; and then Michael stayed for dinner when Rowen and Tim moved
on with their own plans for the evening.
We just had an easy-dinner night, and then it was on to our teen praise
team practice. This was our
second-to-last ahead of the holiday weekend parade and service in the park; so
we were there a bit longer tonight – or at least the six of us who are on the
team for the parade were. We did the
parade practice last again so that everyone else could leave once we’d gone
through the entire program for the Sunday service.
Michael came home with me after our
practice; we took Ethan and Ehlana for another swim before bedtime; and then we
had a little play time with them before tucking them in for the night. Mom did a Magi lesson with us after that; we
wrapped up our evening with a bit of quiet cuddle time in the lounge; and then
Michael went home early enough that he wouldn’t be totally exhausted when it
was time to get up early and help out with the breakfast shift at the Inn. That’ll mean missing out on Tai Chi, but he
doesn’t have to do the early shift very often; so we can’t really complain
about him needing to do that once in a while.
I’ve done some family business work since
seeing him out; though I did most of that while soaking in the Jacuzzi. Swimming to cool off is great, but I still needed
to wash off a day of riding, sand, and fun – particularly out of my hair. We’re back to part-time job work days again
tomorrow, but Michael will have some extra time off during the day between
morning and evening meal shifts; so we’re probably going to spend some extra
time playing with Ethan and Ehlana. Mom
and Dad will have their baseball practice tomorrow night too, and I’ll take
care of Ethan and Ehlana then too, but other than that; it should be a fairly
quiet day.
That’s okay with me, since even the quiet
summer days are fun – not to mention that you never know when the next blast of
excitement will hit around here! There
isn’t any of that going on right this minute, though, and that’s all I have for
today; so, until next time…
…Live long and prosper, fellow Magi of the
Light!
