Rowen and I made the cheerleading squad!
There were no surprise changes with the
returning members of the team. Dani and
Linda picked Anna Marie Palmer and Erica Bassett for the grade eleven girls;
and Jenny and Tammy are back again too.
Our success has the downside of putting us
in the doghouse with Vanessa and Nora, though while they’re mad at us for
messing up their plans for cheerleading glory; I doubt that they’d honestly
suggest that we didn’t deserve our spots on the squad. I’ll leave that there, since I can’t do
anything about how they’re feeling anyway; and it was pretty much the only bump
in an otherwise really good day.
That started with Tai Chi by the river and
Michael stayed for breakfast before going to get ready for his football
practice. Rowen and I had a lot of fun
with the workout and final tests that Dani put all of us through; and even
Mother Nature seemed to be on our side today.
I say that because we conveniently got hit with some rain while doing
our cheerleading routines; and that really let Rowen and I show off that
rain-themed routine we’d put together.
While everything else we did added up; that might have sealed the deal
for us today.
We didn’t get to spend much time with them
after our practice, but Michael and Tim were excited and happy for us when they
found out the news; and we’re sure that our boys are even more motivated now to
make the football team than they were before – not that they’re worried about
us being around a bunch of guys without them every Friday night for the next
few months if they don’t make it this season.
Okay, maybe they’re a little worried about
that – even though they don’t need to be.
That bonus motivation had Michael and Tim
fired up for the afternoon half of their practice, and from what Michael told
me tonight; they’re doing pretty well compared to most of the younger guys –
and even some of the seniors. We’re both
feeling pretty good about their chances for making the team; but I’ll still
hold off on calling that a done deal until they hear for sure tomorrow. Michael was a bit wound up when he went home
tonight; so he might be having trouble sleeping tonight, but knowing Tim; he’s
probably out like a light.
I’m seriously thinking about getting into a
lights out kind of state soon too; so let’s speed this up a bit. After Rowen and I had our micro-celebration
with Michael and Tim, we stopped in for a visit at the computer store; and then
Rowen stayed to work while I went home.
This was supposed to be a work day for me, and I did get a bit of family
business work done; but I also spent most of the afternoon helping Mom with
getting the house ready for incoming weekend guests. We had some rain off and on while doing that
work; but it had cleared up a bit by dinnertime.
We had an easy-dinner meal around some
pre-cooking that Mom was doing for the weekend; and then cleaned up in time for
Mom and Dad to get to their baseball practice.
I played at the park with Ethan, Ehlana, Aiden, and Naomi; and then went
to meet up with Michael at the Inn in time to walk him home after he helped his
parents and sister close the Inn for the night.
We went for a swim that Rebecca, Ethan, and Ehlana joined us for; I
helped Michael with another Magi Healing session; and then he pretty much went
home shortly after we tucked the twins in for the night.
I’ve done a light version of my nightly computing;
finished one family business project I’d worked on in the afternoon; and
multi-tasked most of that with some Jacuzzi time. The late nights have caught up with me,
though, and we’ll be in for more of the same starting tomorrow; so I’m going to
be early tonight to make sure that I’m at least at full power at the start of
what is going to be five or six crazy-busy days.
We haven’t really covered everything that
happened today, but those are the highlights for me; so it’ll have to do.
Until next time...
...Live long and prosper, fellow Magi of
the Light!
