Let’s start out this update with baseball
instead of exams for a change.
I haven’t mentioned the announcement of
team sponsors and names earlier in the week before now; but getting out team
shirts at the practice tonight reminded me that the first games of the season
are this weekend – assuming they don’t get rained out; since the weather
reports aren’t looking great for the weekend.
Rowen and I are on the ValleyView Arctic
Vortex team – a name that the committee apparently couldn’t resist using after
its popularity in the news this past winter.
Michael and Tim are with Landry’s Lightning; while our co-ed team is the
Olde Bakery Beagles. I’d say that we won
the team name contest for our families; though it remains to see how we’ll do
this season. Our first game will be
Saturday – if we don’t get rained out – so I’ll let you know how that goes in a
couple of days. One really good thing
about our schedules this year, though, is that all three of our teams play on
the same weekend – so we’ll have the same off-weekends too.
That’s really pretty much all of the
excitement for today anyway. Our
English, Computers, and Health exams all went fairly smoothly without many
complaints from any of our classmates, and with just one pair of exams left to
go this year; it was easy enough to keep everyone motivated after school while
we studied for our Social Studies and Geography exams. Mom supplied a sub sandwiches and cold salads
dinner to anyone who wanted to stay and work with us until Rowen and I needed
to get to our practice; and most of our friends stayed for that – even if they
were having something better at home.
That included Michael, and he and Tim even ended up staying and studying
with a few of our less-confident classmates while Rowen and I were gone. That felt a little bit weird; since Mom and
Dad were at the Inn with Ethan, Ehlana, Violet, and Dillon for game night when
we got back; but I was good with getting a little alone time with Michael after
everyone else left – including Rowen and Tim.
We didn’t exactly have a lot of play time available before my family got
home again; but we did the best we could with the half-hour we did get to have!
;^)
After Michael went home, we did a daily
recap and snack instead of a bedtime story; and then I came up to my room to
get ready for bed while Violet and Dillon took care of getting Ethan and Ehlana
tucked in for the night. I had a bit of
family business to take care of; but I’ll still be sleeping before midnight
again. Other than baseball and yard
work, the only booked event we have this weekend is a birthday dinner on Sunday
at the Inn for Aunt Grace. Michael,
Rowen, Tim, and I want to do another camping night; and we’ll probably invite
Rebecca and Lucas again; but we’ll take a look at that again once the weather
forecast gets a bit clearer – or wetter; depending on your perspective.
For now, that’s all I have; and it’s time
to get some sleep, so…
…Live long and prosper, fellow Magi of the
Light!
