Happy 4th Anniversary, Mom and
Dad!
Judging by the tired smiles on their faces
this morning when they got their anniversary wake-up call; it was obvious that
they’d started celebrating early after going to bed last night; and they’re
ending the day the same way – thanks to the kid-free night that Grandpa and
Grandma gave them as one of their gifts.
Yes, this update is coming to you live from
one of the guest bedrooms at their house; and I have Ehlana for a cuddle buddy
tonight.
It’s been a very wet day around here for
their anniversary, and while that put a big damper on the fun around here; the
weather didn’t end up being a big deal for me – other than Tai Chi needed to be
indoors today. Michael came over for
that, and stayed for breakfast – and to help me with the work. We had Mom and Dad open our gifts while we
had our morning meal, and that was an entertaining little blast of fun; but
then we had to rush around to get everything cleaned up and get ready for
school.
Our classes today just felt like something
to do between the breakfast and dinner celebrations; though there was some fun
going on at school too. Day two of the
orange fad had more guys dressing up in anything orange, and while the trend is
catching on, I was reminded a few times today that this really isn’t even as
strange as the pajama pants phase the guys went through a couple of years
ago. That’s true, but putting up with orange
everywhere for what will likely at least be until after Halloween could be
tough for those of us with hyper-senses.
At cheerleading practice after school,
Jenny was again the center of attention as she told us all about Lance’s car;
his amazing family home; and the fancy dinner party with his family and
friends. She also went into graphic
detail about how she celebrated his birthday with him after the party when they
got to have some alone time before he took her home; but we won’t go into that here.
In this case, everyone reading this journal
in the future is probably an adult, unless the rules get changed; so don’t use
your imagination for what they might have been doing – that’d be weird!
The rain meant that our practice was
indoors; and the football guys got soaked during their practice. That sucked for them, but at least it was the
day-before-a-game light workout; so they were allowed to hit the showers and
get dry again before having the in-classroom meeting part of their practice. While Michael was busy with that, I went over
to Grandma and Grandpa’s house as soon as my practice ended so that I could
help out with getting the anniversary dinner ready. Aunt Leanne came over to help with that too,
and we had Ethan and Ehlana with us by them; but Mom had that time off to get
ready for dinner and kid-free night.
Michael came over after his practice, but he was only there a few
minutes before Uncle Adam and Uncle Mark arrived; so we basically were ready to
sit down and eat by then.
Dinner was a major event, and while going
to the Inn had been an option; Grandma had wanted to do a ‘real’ family meal
for Mom and Dad this year. That meant
having multiple courses that started with appetizers and moved through salads,
soups, and the main course – an amazing roast with a half-dozen delicious side
dishes. Even the cake and pie options
for dessert were home-made; and we took our time enjoying everything.
Okay, most of us took our time. I spent a lot of that two hours or so helping
Grandma and Aunt Leanne with getting those dishes served and then cleared
away. Aunt Grace and Aunt Deborah were
banned from helping out due to their advanced stage of pregnancies – an order
that I fully agreed with. They’re both
working too hard as it is with their work and home life, and it’s time for them
to start doing less work; not more.
There were more gifts for Mom and Dad to
open; and yet another one that Aunt Leanne told Mom to save to open until
later.
Yes, you’re allowed to use your imagination
there, future Magi reader; but if I’m still around when you do; don’t tell me
about it! As always; I am not going
there.
Let’s move this along a bit faster. Mom and Dad loved their gifts; we all enjoyed
the meal; and then they were sent off to get started on their kid-free
night. You’ll have to check Mom’s
journal for the details if you really must; but you won’t read about that here. By then, we’d already missed the start of
game night at the Inn anyway, so Michael stayed to help with the clean-up; and
then we did our homework in the dining room while Grandma, Grandpa, and our
uncles and aunts entertained Ethan, Ehlana, Zack, and Leah for a while. All of the dinner guests, including Michael,
went home shortly after we’d finished our studying; and then Ethan, Ehlana, and
I got started on our ‘real’ studying for a couple of hours while Grandma and
Grandpa visited with us and watched television.
That’s pretty much all of the news for
today – or at least everything I’ll write about here. Grandma and Grandpa took care of getting
Ethan and Ehlana ready for bed; Grandma had a bedtime chat with Ehlana and me
while Grandpa did the same with Ethan in; and Ehlana and I have been chatting
while I’ve been doing a last bit of family business work and my usual nightly
computer checks. I should stay up and do
more work, but it’s been a long day; and I want to be ready for another
football game day too; so I decided not to do the extra family business work
now. I’ll catch up on the weekend
instead.
Ehlana says ‘goodnight’, and suggests that
you hop over to her journal for today too if you’re interested in the latest on
her research in the lab or with her college studies. Feel free to do that, and her work is really
interesting – even though I don’t personally have any time right now to get
involved in what they’re doing at the lab.
Anyway, I really do want to get some sleep
now; so, until next time...
...May the Magi Force be with you!
