What a difference a day makes!
Not only did we get a sunny day; but the
temperature even climbed into the mid-sixties by this afternoon. That made for a fun fall festival day with my
family; and the only downside was that I didn’t get to spend as much of the day
with Michael as I would have liked.
He did come over for Tai Chi and breakfast;
we spent his afternoon break together at the park mostly going on rides with
Rowen and Tim; and he came back to the park after work to catch the end of the
dance and go on a few more rides with me too before taking me home for a little
post-festival cuddle time.
I spent the rest of the day with Mom, Dad,
Ethan, and Ehlana; and we all spent at least some time with all of the members
of our family and quite a few of our friends.
We visited the pavilions and caught some shows while it was cooler in
the morning; had lunch with pretty much everyone; played games and hit the
midway rides all afternoon; and had dinner at the park too. We all eventually went to the country dance;
though Mom and Dad took Ethan and Ehlana home shortly after Michael got there. That was partly because most of the younger
kids were tired out and going home too by then; and partly so that Dad could do
some work to get ready for his week in the city.
Ethan, Ehlana, and I were especially glad
to spend some time with Grandma and Grandpa today. They’ll be leaving for Arizona on Monday, so
even though I didn’t get as much time to spend with Michael while he was helping
out at the Inn; that was a decent trade-off.
We’re all busy, and they understand; but sometimes it’s tough keeping up
with all of our family when I’m so busy with teen and friends stuff. I could say the same thing about some
friendship stuff too, since Rowen and I haven’t exactly had many sleepovers
since school started compared to other years, but for some reason; neither of
us seem all that interested in exchanging any boyfriend time to make room for
more girl chats and slumber parties.
I doubt that you’re wondering why; so let’s
move along.
That coincidentally brings us to the
Michael and me cuddle time. How
convenient! ;^)
It was also pretty much a non-event
too. Trust me, I’m more sorry for us than
for not having any hot news to report to my future journal readers; but we were
both tired out by then. We even dozed
off a couple of times while stretched out on the sofa in the lounge while not
really watching a Halloween movie. We
were seriously tempted to shoot for another sofa sleepover, but resisted the
urge; and Michael went home on-time for his extended fall festival weekend
curfew.
Sometimes I agree with Aunt Leanne – I need
to get away from my parents more often.
Being responsible occasionally really sucks.
That is why I’m writing this now instead of
in the morning, though; and I ended up doing some work too that popped up in my
email while doing the usual bedtime computer checks. A lot more happened around the park today,
but I am tired out again; and should get some sleep so I’ll be ready for
another busy day of fun and work. The
fun will include Zack’s first birthday party and more fall festival play time;
and the work is going to be the buffet shift at the Inn.
Before I wrap this up, though, I really
should mention that the one good thing about the weather today, and if we get
another nice day tomorrow, is that the fall festival fundraisers will be a
success – something that was definitely in doubt yesterday. Our family did our part; and I hope our
friends and neighbors will keep doing the same.
For some of those groups, this is as big a deal for them as the holiday
weekends are in the summer. Aunt Grace
is making sure that the lab gets involved with local charities and social
groups too, but that’s really just getting started; and will take years to
develop.
Okay, that’s enough for tonight. It’s time to cuddle with Mandy and get some
sleep; so, until next time...
...May the Magi Force be with you!
