It’s not late, and I’m already writing this
because we’re having a very quiet start to our holiday weekend – at least here
at our house.
I don’t really even have a lot to report
today. While pretty much everyone else
was working; I spent the morning doing most of my usual weekend chores –
including mowing the lawn and weeding the gardens. It was after one by the time I finished that,
so I got cleaned up and met up with Michael at the Inn. We had a fries and drinks lunch; went biking
with Rowen and Tim during most of his break; and wrapped up that couple of
hours of fun with a swim in the river before he needed to get back to work and Rowen
and Tim both moved on too. I was home
when Violet stopped in after working at the lab all day with Mom and Aunt
Grace; so we had a little chat while she finished packing for her weekend away;
and then she was off and running after a quick round of hugs and kisses to get
Dillon at his house and hit the road for Woodvale.
We had dinner at Uncle Adam and Aunt Leanne’s
house, and got there in time to run next door and say goodbye to Uncle Mark and
Aunt Grace before they left for Granite Park; but then they were on the road
for their weekend away too; and it suddenly seemed very quiet for a while with
just us; Uncle Adam, Aunt Leanne, and Zack.
Christina was around town too, but with Josiah and his family for
dinner; since her family didn’t be get into town until later.
Even though I knew we weren’t having a
house full of guests this weekend; I still thought that we’d be busier – either
helping Uncle Adam and Aunt Leanne, or hanging out with his family. That didn’t happen, though, and since
Michael, Rowen, and Tim were all busy with work or their own families; I didn’t
really have anything to do except take it easy and hang out with my
family. All of the members of the
inbound Johnson and McEwan families had not be able to get on the road early;
so the first wave is just getting into town now – and they’re over at Aunt
Deborah and Uncle Nick’s house. Uncle
Adam and Aunt Leanne are getting the McEwans and a few extras, except for Tory
and Kyle. They’ll be at the Inn all
weekend as part of the tail-end of their honeymoon.
I have no idea why their collective
families thought that it was a bad idea to put newlyweds in any house full of
kid cousins. ;^)
Mom and Dad took Ethan, Ehlana, and me home
by a bit after eight; I took the twins for a swim; and then we did the full
bath and bedtime routine ahead of the Fourth of July festivities. I came up to my room once Ethan and Ehlana
were tucked in and hopped into my Jacuzzi for a soak. I took care of a bit of family business while
doing that; followed the tub time up with a short music practice to make sure I
was ready for the parade tomorrow; and then hopped into bed with Mandy to do
this and an email check.
My favorite outbound family members arrived
in Woodvale and Granite Park safely, and while I’d like to have them here for
the weekend – and the rest of our family; that’s really only going to mean that
we have a little less work around here and it isn’t as if Michael and I will be
lacking for family time between us. The
extra sleep tonight is an unexpected bonus, so I should probably just wrap this
up and take advantage of it. I’m sure
there will be a lot more to cover with tomorrow’s update, and though last year
was really great, this is technically the first Fourth of July for Michael and
me since we didn’t ‘officially’ start dating until Uncle Mark and Aunt Grace’s
wedding two days after the Fourth last year; so there’s a very good chance we’ll
be in for another best-ever-so-far kind of day.
I am so going to be fully charged and ready
for that; so, until next time...
...Live long and prosper, fellow Magi of
the Light!
