I’d say that Tuesdays are going to be one
of my busier days this Fall; which explains why I’m beat as I write this in the
wee hours of the morning.
This morning, after Tai Chi by the river; I
got ready for school and then went to have breakfast at Michael’s house. We had fun with all of that, and then Michael
and I were both on the run pretty much all day from the time we left school
until when I climbed into bed with Mandy and my computer a few hours ago.
We’re settling into a routine with our
classes now, and that’s going smoothly enough, but I definitely felt a bit
rushed adding in our cheerleading practice to our lunch break time; and fitting
in our first band and praise team practices of the school year before and after
dinner meant that we didn’t really slow down at all after school. For both of those practices, we were also dealing
with new members joining both groups, and while we have some time before our
first concert and Sunday service respectively; there was also a need to ease
the new musicians and singers into each group.
While Michael wasn’t at our band practice,
he and I are being moved up to second saxophones in the band despite only being
in Grade Nine. We’re both happy with
that, since we get to play some lead saxophone parts for quite a few songs when
our section only has two parts for the music; and Mrs. Robinson has told me
that she has a saxophone duet or two in mind for us this year. She’d also prefer it if Michael could be at
our practices too, but when your husband is the football coach, you sometimes
just have to accept that even in a little town like ours; football comes first. Michael isn’t the only boy in the band to get
that exception – he’s just one of Mrs. Robinson’s favorites.
The weather didn’t affect any of my
practices today, but it did make some of the walks to and from school, home,
and the church a bit damp; and Michael and Tim had to deal with some rain
during their football practice too. The
boys would be okay with getting wet a few times during practices if we could
actually get through a game without rain; but I should probably stay away from
commenting on that or risk jinxing us for the entire season.
Michael and I had dinner at my house
tonight; though we didn’t have much time to do that before needing to get over
to the church for the teen praise team practice. Rowen and Tim will get involved with the teen
services and youth group this year too; but they aren’t joining the praise
team. In Tim’s case, to be blunt, that’s
because he doesn’t have a lot of talent for singing – particularly when it
comes to harmonies. Rowen doesn’t want
to have yet another activity that they can’t do together; so they’ll get
involved with doing the other activities during our services – like acting in
the skits. Tim is good at hamming it up;
so he should fit right in with the more overt actors in the group.
Why am I getting a mental picture of Tim in
our Christmas show this year, but instead of three wise men; he’s one of the
wise-donkeys – if you know what I mean; and a la the Three Stooges.
That’s a mental picture I’d like to get rid
of before I fall asleep; so let’s move along.
Our evening music practice was fun, and while it almost felt as though
Michael and I were starting from the beginning again with the other newbies;
Stacey is also giving us more to do for the next service too. I have a couple of songs that I’ll be playing
keyboards for; and Michael will probably end up being the lead guitar for the
group. He is the best, so nobody will be
surprised about that; though Stacey is easing that change in to avoid upsetting
any of the older teens. Since I’m
mentioning Stacey now anyway, I’ve also heard that she’s looking to start up a
more regular children’s music group this year.
There has always been some form of children’s choir here, but it hasn’t
been a regular event at church since before Mom and I moved here. The kids have mostly only done things around
Christmas and Easter, and the occasional Sunday here and there. I think Stacey wants to have them do a song
once a month this year; and use that to get the younger kids more involved in
the church services.
I also mentioned Youth Group, and while
Michael and I will join; actually doing most of the activities will be a problem
for both of us – particularly during football season. We have so much on the go now that I have no
idea how often we’ll be able to go to the weekly meetings or the regular
activities they have planned. We’ll join
in when we can, but there’s only so many hours in a week; and we’re both using
up a lot of them already.
We still had our homework to do after the
praise team practice, and we did that work in the dining room at his
house. Miranda and Jacob spent some of
that time talking with us, but then went into the living room to watch a little
television before going to bed. I went
home as soon as we had our assignments finished; did the bedtime story and
snack with Ethan and Ehlana; and Mom worked through another long Magi lesson
with me after we tucked the twins into their beds for the night. That’s why it was heading toward midnight
before I even got started on my bedtime studies and family business work; and
it’s past three o’clock now.
There really isn’t anything to add from all
of that work, though if you’re really, really bored; you’re welcome to read up
on my family business exploits elsewhere – like in the financial reports; if
you have access to that section of the archives. I do appreciate the rising numbers in all of
the right places on those financials; but it’s what we can do with that money
that is most important to us. I’m too
tired to get into any of that right now either, and would rather spend some
quality time with Michael in dreamland anyway; so I’m just going to wrap this
up and do that.
May the Magi Force be with you!
