I don’t have a lot to write about today,
but we’re planning on a bike trip to Maple Valley after football practice at
the Norton’s farm tomorrow morning; so I’m going to keep this short anyway and
get off to sleep so I’ll be ready for that.
Since football has already come up; let’s
start with that. Tim and Michael had three
guys working with them – us – this morning; and there were a few spectators
stopping by for a few minutes here and there too. That’s mostly been kids coming for an early
play session at the playground or adults going for morning walks at the park;
but I’m sure that we’ll have real spectators once it gets a bit closer to the
opening of training camp for the team the last week of August.
Rowen and I still did the same drills with
Michael and Tim – even though they got razzed about that a bit; and I was ‘quarterback’
again while they practiced running routes and plays. I’ll humbly admit for Rowen and me that our
boyfriends are the best players on the field right now; but Tim is hoping that
some of the older guys will start coming around too so that they can see how
they stack up against the senior players.
He’s not sure how they’ll manage up against taller, bigger guys in
real-game situations. That is a problem
for them, though we are working on some things to help out with that; and being
smaller can sometimes be an unexpected advantage.
Tim was fairly happy with how the football
training went today, but the other guys aren’t interested in biking out to
Lucas’ farm tomorrow; so it could just be the three of them for that practice –
along with Rebecca, Rowen, and me. We
went back to Michael’s house for a swim and snack after we were done at the
park; and then Rowen and Tim moved on for the rest of the morning while I
stayed and helped out with the chores – including bringing our lawn tractor
over and helping Michael with mowing the lawn.
Even with our big yards, it really doesn’t take long to do that work
with two riding mowers on the go. I
worked with Miranda and Rebecca on the gardens too and we had a fun little swim
break between those two bigger jobs; so it was a pretty good morning even with
all of the football and work.
Michael and I had lunch with his family
too, and then we spent the rest of the afternoon playing with Rowen, Tim,
Ethan, and Ehlana. We went for a canoe
ride that included stops at the park to play and the Emporium for ice cream
treats. We had our frozen snacks at the
falls, and then wandered around for a while; including stopping in at the
museum and a few other stores on our way back to the canoes. We haven’t been into the museum all that many
times, but it is still a fun place to visit even if I do have everything
memorized already.
Rowen and Tim were doing their own thing
again for dinner, and I was with Michael at his house again for our meal –
which was quick and easy so that we could have everything cleaned up before
Michael needed to get to his ball game.
For those of you who don’t know this; quick and easy meals at the Stone’s
house are not the same as pretty much everywhere else – at least when Jacob is
home to cook. Even grilled burgers are
five-star cuisine; and the side-dishes are just as awesome. Rowen and Tim came over to meet up with us as
we were getting the clean-up done, and while the boys went to their practice;
Rowen and I went over to my house to do a Magi lesson with Mom.
The latest news from home that we found out
about then was that Violet and Dillon have decided to spend this coming weekend
in Woodvale. I’m trying not to think
about it, but Violet and Dillon obviously are getting ready for their return to
school that is now less than three weeks away.
I really don’t want to go there yet; so let’s not and move on.
Rowen and I had fun with our lesson, and
when the boys got back from their practice; we went for a swim with them – and with
Ethan and Ehlana. Rowen and Tim moved on
to her house after that; Michael and I did the bedtime routine with Ethan and
Ehlana; and after we had them tucked in for the night, we came upstairs to the
lounge and had an hour or so of fairly entertaining play time before he went
home for the night. I’m not going to
turn this journal into a haven for literary teen romance voyeurs; but our play
time was definitely fairly hot tonight.
I am definitely okay with that – and with
actually managing to make more time for that kind of fun than we have so far
this summer. We’ll try to do better
during the second half of our vacation!
We aren’t still playing now because we both
want to be ready for our second big cycling adventure of the summer, and there
isn’t really much else to report for today.
I’ve been doing my usual bedtime computing since Michael left and I got
changed and into bed with Mandy. There
was only one little family business project to deal with tonight, and not much
email going around; so I guess that’s it for now and I’ll get started on
getting my batteries charged up and ready to go for morning.
Until next time...
...Live long and prosper, fellow Magi of
the Light!
